Vehicle sunvisor

ABSTRACT

A sunvisor attached to a vehicle. The sunvisor includes a sunvisor shell and a track assembly having a first portion and a second portion in angular relation to the first portion. A pair of blocks are provided, each block pivotally attached to the shell. The blocks slidably move within the track assembly through use of a belt that is attached to at least one block and that travels within the track assembly. A motor rotates a drive gear to move the belt in order to change the angular relation of the shell to the vehicle. The shell has an elongated opening with a support rod passing through the elongated opening. The sunvisor support rod has a clamp inside the visor shell compressing against the rod and capable of sliding forward and rearward in the elongated opening. The clamp also can rotate upon the rod thereby allowing the shell to be rotated into use. A further embodiment provides a sunvisor shell mounted to a bracket with a support rod. The support rod is rotatable in a collar hole in the bracket. The bracket slides within a track having a top side (which would be substantially parallel the sheetmetal roofline of a vehicle), two sides perpendicular to the top side and a bottom side parallel and below the top side. The bottom side of the track has an elongated slot through which the support rod can travel.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

This is a divisional application of Ser. No. 09/373,328 filed on Aug.12, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,099,066, which is a continuation-in-partof application Ser. No. 08/740,469, filed Oct. 30, 1996, entitledVEHICLE SUNVISOR, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,833,299, which is acontinuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/311,419, filed Sep. 23,1994, now abandoned, entitled VEHICLE SUNVISOR, which is acontinuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/917,970, filed Jul. 24,1992, entitled VEHICLE SUNVISOR GLARESHIELD, now U.S. Pat. No.5,350,212.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention pertains to a sunvisor for a vehicle. The sunvisorsupport rod can be slid on a track from a position parallel the frontwindshield of a car to a position substantially parallel the side windowof a car. In particular, the present invention pertains to a sunvisorwhich is attached to a bracket by the support rod. The slideablebracket, which has electrical contacts mounted to it, slides in a trackwhich also has electrical contacts near at least one end. The track ismolded, or attached to a headliner or front interior sheet-metal roof ofa vehicle. A control turn arm is attached to the sunvisors support rodabove the headliner and slides and rotates about a channel guideattached to the top side of the headliner. The control turn arm willautomatically turn the visor support rod and the visor shell as thesunvisor shell is slid below the track to a side window position. Alighted vanity mirror can be placed on the sunvisor shell withelectricity being supplied by the electrical contacts attached to thebracket and to the track. A lever can be attached to the bracket so theuser can slide the sunvisor assembly with the lever.

2. Prior Art

Sunvisors for automobiles and the like are well known. In most sunvisorsan attachment point is created at the corner of a car. The sunvisor hasa support rod that is attached to an end edge of the visor and is thenattached to a mounting bracket which is secured to the corner of avehicles interior roof. The sunvisor blade or housing can be rotateddown to block the sun from the windshield position. The sunvisor housingcan also be turned to the side window by grabbing the housings free endand turning the free end toward the side window. The free end is nearthe center of the vehicle and is pulled back toward the user and thenrotated to the side window.

Suggestion have been put forth for improving the movement of the visor,including U.S. Pat. No. 2,978,274 by Quaine which shows a sunvisor thatmoves along a track and has two attachment points to the track and thetrack having a first portion along the windshield and a second portionalong the side window. U.S. Pat. No. 3,403,937 by Ordman suggests amethod for moving a sunvisor along a rail with the sunvisor having twoattachment points to the rail and the rail having a first portion alongthe windshield and a second portion along the side window. Each of thesesuggested methods for operating a sunvisor fall short in that eachsuggests track or rail along the windshield and also along the sidewindows and also require two attachment points for the visors. Neitheris commercially feasible because of the design and the cost. More recentsuggestions such as U.S. Pat. No. 5,031,952 by Miyamoto et al. suggest amethod of deploying a sunvisor within a track concealed in theheadliner. This method doesn't provide for side window protection andalso has the sunvisor attached at two different places. It also uses upadditional space between the headliner and the roof for the frame andmechanism which deploys the visor.

Several methods have been suggested for providing an easier method tomove a sunvisor to the side window. Prior art has nevertheless failed toaddress an efficient method of making and of operating a trackingsunvisor. None of the suggested methods have been commercialized becauseof their failure to address these problems. The present inventionaddresses these problems by providing a sunvisor that slides upon atrack, attached or molded to the headliner. This creates a modularheadliner that distributes the weight of a visor assembly and the forceof use of the visor over the entire track area and therefor over alarger area of the headliner. It also allows for much easier assemblyand less components to install on the assembly line. The track andbracket assembly proposed provides an extremely low profile assemblywith a structure that allows a sunvisor shell to be operated with oneattachment point to the track. The track is easily attached and placedon the headliner with a minimal amount of headroom used. The structureof the track, bracket and bearing assembly, also allow the sunvisorwhich is attached to the bracket by a support rod to move easily from arested position parallel the front windshield to an in-use position atone of the front side windows. The sunvisor support rod which isrotate-able within a collar hole in the bracket; can be slid to the sidewindow upon the track. Electrical contacts are provided upon the bracketand also upon one end of the track.

It is a further object and purpose of the present invention to provide asunvisor assembly that slides in a track. The sunvisor has a support rodattached to a bracket and rotate-able within a bracket collar hole inthe bracket. The support rod has a control turn arm fixedly attachednear the upper end of the support rod. The control turn arm has anelongated slot which slides and rotates around a channel guide. Thechannel guide is mounted above the headliner and adjacent and behind thetrack. The control turn arm will automatically turn the support rod andthe visor shell toward the side window or back to a rested stateparallel the windshield; as the visor bracket is slid along thelongitudinal length of the track parallel the windshield. A lever isattached to the bracket assembly. The lever extends into the interior ofthe vehicle and is just below the headliner and the track. The leverssurface is below and parallel the bottom of the track and adjacent andabove the sunvisor shell. The lever can be pushed or pulled by the userto slide the visor shell to the in-use position or to the restedposition.

It is a further object and purpose of the present invention to provide asunvisor that slides below a track on a bracket. The slideable brackethas electrical contacts attached to it which move with the bracket andprovide electric to the lighted vanity mirror assembly on the sunvisorshell when the bracket and attached visor are in the rested positionparallel the front windshield. The track has electrical contacts near atleast one end and when the bracket is slid to the rested position thebrackets contacts and the tracks contacts are in contact and completethe electrical circuit. This provides electric to the vanity mirrorassembly.

Accordingly it is a principal object and purpose of the presentinvention to provide a sunvisor that has a bracket which slides in atrack. The track is parallel the windshield or front window of a vehicleand attached or molded to the headliner. In this version, the track isparallel the front windshield. The bracket slides within the track andhas a support rod attached and rotatable within the bracket collar holein the bracket. The sunvisors shell has a slot that allows the sunvisorshell to move radially about the rod passing therethrough and an oblongclamp surrounding the rod to allow the sunvisor shell to move linearlyupon the oblong clamp.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The sunvisor of the present invention includes a sunvisor shell which isconnected to a support assembly. The support assembly would be fastenedor otherwise attached to the headliner or roof of the vehicle. Thesupport assembly in a preferred embodiment is a track and comprises afirst portion and a second portion in angular relation to the firstportion. Extending from the support assembly is a pair of boot arms.Each boot arm terminates in a boot which extends radially from itsrespective boot arm. Each boot arm has a pivot joint so that each bootis rotatable radially.

The sunvisor can also include a gear drive mechanism. A shaft passesthrough one of the boots and extends to a gear which is drivinglyengaged with a worm gear. The worm gear is at the terminus of arotatable, flexible shaft. The flexible shaft is rotated by a motor.

The shaft, interior to the sunvisor shell, turns a pair of gears whichextend radially from the shaft. Each gear meshes with a rack. Rotationof the shaft will cause the gears to rotate. Rotation of the gearscauses the racks to move linearly moving the sun visor shell.

A glare shield can be attached to the racks. In this embodiment, theracks are extendible, flexible and not permanently secured to thesunvisor shell. A switch may be operated so that the rack is eithermovable with respect to the shell or is stationary with respect to theshell. When the racks are stationary with respect to the shell, therotation of the gears causes the shell to move with respect to theboots. Alternatively, when the switch allows the racks to move, rotationof the gears causes the racks to move which in turn causes linearmovement of a glare shield which is in the initial position within theshell. Depending upon rotation of the gears, the glare shield willeither extend from the shell or will retract into the shell through anopening upon the shell.

The glare shield is retained between support rails and rack gearretaining rails. The movement of the sunvisor shell and the glare shieldis accomplished by a motor which is controlled by a switch.

A solenoid operates a plunger which may have an extension. When theplunger extension is extended, the racks are stationary with respect tothe sunvisor shell and the shell will move. When the plunger extensionis retracted, by operation of the solenoid, rotation of the gears willmove the racks, thereby moving the glare shield.

The sunvisor may also be arranged so that the sunvisor shell is oneither the driver window or the passenger window side. Each boot armterminates in a block which is allowed to travel within the supportassembly. A continuous belt travels within the track and passes aroundeach block and is attached to at least one block. Rotation of a trackassembly gear by a track motor will move the blocks. Accordingly, thesunvisor shell may be moved between the position for use in the frontwindow and for use in the side window.

An additional embodiment which provides a sunvisor shell mounted to abracket with a support rod. The bracket has a bottom rectangular side,two contoured side walls perpendicular to the bottom side. The bracketslides within a track. The track that has a top side (which would besubstantially parallel the sheetmetal roofline of a vehicle), two sidesperpendicular to the top side and a bottom side parallel and below thetop side. The bottom side has an elongated slot through which thesupport rod can travel. A bearing system is provided to allow thebracket to slide easily within the track. The track has an electricalcontact mounted near at least one end and the slideable bracket has anelectrical contact attached to it that moves with the bracket. The shellhas an elongated opening through at least one end. A support rod isattached to a mount in the vehicle and then passes through the elongatedopening into the shell. A clamp surrounds and grasps the rod and rideswithin an elongated clamp support structure. The visor and clamp may berotated about the rod or the visor shell may be slid over the clampforward or rearward parallel the headliner of the vehicle.

The preferred embodiment provides a sunvisor shell mounted to a bracketwith a support rod. The bracket has a bottom rectangular side, twocontoured side walls perpendicular to the bottom side and the bracketslides within a track. The track has a top side (which would besubstantially parallel the sheetmetal roofline of a vehicle), two sidesperpendicular to the top side and a bottom side parallel and below thetop side. The bottom side has an elongated slot through which thesupport rod can travel. A bearing system is provided to allow thebracket to slide easily within the track. The track has an electricalcontact mounted near at least one end and the slide-able bracket has anelectrical contact mounted to it. The upper end of the support rodpasses up through the slot in the bottom of the track and up through anelongated opening in the top of the track. Mounted over the end of thesupport rod is a control turn arm. The control turn arm has a roundreceiving hole adjacent to its forward end, through which the upper endof the support rod is placed. The control turn arms receiving holeslides down over the upper end of the support rod. The control turn armis held in place from rotation about the upper end of the support rod byprotrusions upon the inner edge of the receiving hole. The protrusionsfit within matching contours or channels along the upper portion of thesupport rods surface. The channels are molded into the upper portion ofthe support rods shaft and begin at the top end and continue down alongthe longitudinal axis of the rod. The control turn arm extends outwardperpendicular and horizontal from the upper end of the support rod andalso outward and behind the track. The control turn arm can be made ofplastic or any suitable material and is molded with an elongated slotcut out of its surface. The elongated slot begins just adjacent andbehind the receiving hole and continues toward the trailing end of thecontrol turn arm and ends just adjacent the trailing ends edge. The slotis rectangular in shape; with the longitudinal sides being parallel thelongitudinal outer sides of the control turn arm.

Mounted to or molded to the headliner just adjacent to and behind thetrack is a channel guide which is round in shape and rises vertically upfrom the surface it is mounted to. The channel guide has a tower thatrises vertically up from the base of the channel guide and the towersdiameter is slightly smaller than the width of the control turn armslot. The control turn arms slot fits around the channel guides tower.

As the visor is slid from a position parallel the front windshield tothe side window; the bracket which is in the rested position near theinner end of the track or center of a vehicle; slides in the tracktoward the corner of the vehicle. The attached and rotate-able upper endof the support rod is turned by the control turn arm which is pivotingand sliding around the channel guides tower. This causes the visor shellto rotate. The channel guide is stationary and therefore causes thecontrol turn arms longitudinal sides angle to change in relation to thetracks longitudinal sides; as the bracket assembly is slid in the trackparallel the windshield of the vehicle.

A still further embodiment comprises a sunvisor shell which is attachedto a support rod. The support rod has an upper end and a lower end thatare formed by bending the support rod and creating an approximately 90°angle. The support rod now has a lower end which is generally paralleland below a headliner; and is slid into one of the sunvisor shells endsand supports the sunvisor shells movement upon the support rod. Thesupport rod has an upper end whose longitudinal axis is generallyperpendicular to the headliner; and from the rods angled portioncontinues up through a slot in the headliner, up through a slot in thebottom of the track and is then attached to a bracket. The bracket isslide-able in the track which is mounted or molded to the top side ofthe headliner. The track which has electrical contacts upon at least oneend, is mounted at or near the front of the headliner and adjacent thewindshield or front window. In this version, the tracks longitudinalsides lie parallel the windshield. The inner end of the track would lienear the center of a vehicle and the tracks outer end would lie near theouter corner of the front of the vehicles interior. It is suggested thatthere would be two tracks, one for the drivers side and one for thepassengers side.

The track has a top side which has a centered elongated opening thatruns the entire length of the top of the track. This create two ledgeson each side of the opening. The ledges are parallel each other and onthe same plane as each other. The longitudinal edges of the top side ofthe track now curve around perpendicular to the top side and form thetwo side walls of the track. The two side walls have a contour formedalong their length in which bearings can ride. The lower longitudinaledges of the two side walls now curve around and form the bottom of thetrack. The bottom side of the track is now parallel and below the topside of the track. The track has two ends, which are perpendicular tothe longitudinal sides of the track. The ends are open. The bottom sidehas a slot cut out beginning adjacent one end and continuing to justadjacent the opposing end. The slots opening is cut out of the bottomslongitudinal center. The end view of the track would resemble a flatsided semi-closed C.

The bracket has a bottom side rectangular in shape and has a roundbracket collar hole through which the upper end of the support rod canbe placed. The bracket collar hole in the bracket is a raised circularsurface which rises up off the surface of the top side of the bottom ofthe bracket; giving the bracket collar hole a round interior verticalshaft opening in which the support rods upper end will remainperpendicular to the bracket and track. The bracket has two side wallsthat rise up off the bottom side and are generally perpendicular to thebottom side. The side walls are contoured inward along theirlongitudinal sides and have small holes along each of their respectivesurfaces which receive bearings. The bearings are placed in the smallholes in the side walls of the bracket and will slide along thecontoured inner side walls of the track when assembled. The bearings inother words are between the brackets outside side walls and the tracksinterior walls. The bracket is placed within the track. The support rodsupper end is placed through the bracket collar hole in the bracket andcontinues vertically up into the track.

The upper end of the support rod passes up through the elongated openingin the top of the track. Mounted over the end of the upper support rodis a control turn arm. The control turn arm has a round receiving holeadjacent to the forward end, through which the upper end of the supportrod is placed. The control turn arms receiving hole slides down over theupper end of the support rod. The control turn arm is held in place fromrotation about the upper end of the support rod by protrusions upon theinner edge of the receiving hole. The protrusions fit within matchingcontours or channels in the upper end of the support rods surface. Thechannels are molded into the upper end of the support rods shaft andbegin at the top and continue down along the longitudinal axis of therod. The control turn arm extends outward perpendicular and horizontalfrom the upper end of the support rod and also outward and behind thetrack. Mounted to or molded to the track is a channel guide panel whichextends outward and behind the track. The channel guide panel is on aplane parallel the top side of the track and has an elongated slot cutout. The slot is longitudinally centered in the channel guide panel andis at a transverse angle to the tracks longitudinal sides. The slotbegins just behind the tracks back top longitudinal side and near theinner end of the track. Mounted to the trailing end of the control turnarm and on the control arms bottom side is a small contoured wheel thatrides in the channel guide slot. The wheel slides within the channelguide slot.

As the visor is slid from a position parallel the front windshield tothe side window; the bracket which is in the rested position near thecenter of the car; slides in the track toward the front corner of thevehicle. The attached upper support rod is turned by the control turnarm, and the control turn arm is pivoting and sliding in the channelguide panels slot. The channel guide panels slot is stationary andtherefore causes the control turn arms longitudinal sides angle tochange in relation to the tracks longitudinal sides; as the bracketassembly is slid laterally in the track parallel the windshield of thevehicle. Electric is supplied to the lighted vanity mirror assembly witha wiring harness which slides through the hollow support rod. One end ofthe wiring harness plugs into the vanity mirror assembly with commonmeans. The top end of the wiring harness has a connector that slidesover contacts on the bracket. The track has electrical contacts mountedto an attached electrical track tower. When in the rested position, thetrack tower contacts and the bracket contacts are in contact and providepower.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a sunvisor device constructed inaccordance with the present invention showing several portions cut-awayfor clarity;

FIG. 2 is an exploded portions of the sunvisor shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view of the sunvisor shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along section line 4—4 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of an alternate embodiment of the sunvisor;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along section line 6—6 of FIG. 1;

FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 are simplified diagrams showing the use and positioningof the sunvisor with respect to a vehicle;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of an alternate embodiment of the sunvisorwithout a glare shield;

FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along section line 11—11 of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is an alternate embodiment of the sunvisor without a glareshield and with the motor located within the sunvisor shell;

FIG. 13 is a further alternate embodiment of the sunvisor which may bemanually positioned; and

FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken along section line 14—14 of FIG. 13.

FIGS. 15 and 16 are exploded views of a further alternate embodiment ofthe sunvisor which may be manually positioned;

FIG. 17 is an alternate embodiment of the track assembly for the presentinvention;

FIG. 18 is a sectional view of a further alternate embodiment of thetrack assembly for the present invention;

FIGS. 19 and 20 are exploded views of a further alternate embodiment ofthe sunvisor which may be manually positioned;

FIGS. 21 and 22 are exploded views of a further alternate embodiment ofthe sunvisor which may be manually positioned;

FIG. 23 is a sectional view taken along section line 23—23 of FIG. 15.

FIG. 24 is a sectional view of the shell taken along section line 24—24of FIG. 20.

FIG. 25 is a sectional view of the shell taken along section line 25—25of FIG. 22.

FIG. 26 is an isometric assembly view of the preferred embodimentshowing the visor, track, bracket and control turn arm;

FIG. 27 is an assembled isometric view of the preferred embodiment shownin FIG. 26 in the in-use position perpendicular to the track, with thecontrol turn arm attached above a headliner and showing movement of thevisor assembly with the control turn arm;

FIG. 28 is a cross section of Lines 28—28 of FIG. 27 of the preferredembodiment showing the track and visor and control turn arm of thesunvisor;

FIG. 29 is a further alternate embodiment showing an isometric assemblyview of the sunvisor, track, bracket and control turn arm;

FIG. 30 is an alternate embodiment showing an assembled isometric viewof the visor in the in-use position perpendicular the track, with thecontrol turn arm attached above a headliner; and

FIG. 31 is the alternate embodiment showing a cross sectional view oflines 31—31 of FIG. 30 of the track and visor and control turn arm.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to the drawings in detail, FIG. 1 illustrates a perspectiveview of a sunvisor 10 constructed in accordance with the presentinvention which is shown apart and detached from a vehicle (not shown)and, for purposes of understanding, has the gear moved to the right, andthe flexible shaft slot is cutaway. The sunvisor includes a sunvisorshell 14 which may be made of any suitable material such as plastic,fiberglass or metal. The shell may be covered with a material for afinished look and to match the interior of the vehicle.

The sunvisor shell can be connected with a support assembly 16 such as atrack. The track assembly 16 would be connected or attached to theheadliner or roof of the vehicle (not shown). The track assemblyincludes a first portion 18 which would be spaced from and substantiallyparallel with the front windshield. The track assembly also can includea second portion 20 in angular relation to the first portion and issubstantially parallel with the driver front window. It will beunderstood that the track assembly may, alternatively, have a secondportion parallel with the passenger front window. The operation of thetrack assembly will be explained in detail below.

Extending from the track assembly 16 is a pair of boot arms 22 and 24.Each boot arm terminates in a boot 26 and 28, respectively, whichextends radially from each boot arm. Each boot arm has a pivot joint 30and 32, respectively, so that each boot is rotatable radially.

Each boot 26 and 28 resides within a guide support structure 34 and 36which may be readily seen from the exploded view shown in FIG. 2. Eachboot is substantially oblong in shape having a pair of opposed, flatsurfaces. The boots can be threaded and readily seen in FIG. 2.

As will be appreciated from the present description, each boot remainsstationary with respect to the sunvisor shell which moves thereabout.The guide support structure is surrounded by a spring cap 40 which hasan oblong interior cut out and ribbed surface 42, a flat spring 44 and aking nut 46 upon the outer surface. On the inner surface the guidesupport structure has a flat washer 47 which has an oblong interior cutout and a king nut 46, all seen in FIG. 2.

Each guide support structure 34 and 36 includes an elongated slot 48 and50, respectively. Upon at least one end of the slot is a flared circularopening. Slot 48 thus includes flared circular opening 52 and 54 whileslot 50 includes flared circular openings 56 and 58.

The ribs on the spring cap 40 remain parallel to and within theelongated slot until the boot is within one of the flared circularopenings.

As will be appreciated, the boot remains stationary and the sunvisorshell moves so that the slot moves in relation to the boot. When theboot is outside of the slot, in other words, in one of the flaredcircular openings, the ribs will mesh with receiving ribs 60 which areupon a raised surface. The spring cap will thus supply enough force topress the ribs against the receiving ribs on the guide support. Theradial position of the sunvisor shell will thus remain in place untilovercome by the user or by the force of the motor which will bedescribed hereinafter.

FIG. 3 illustrates a side view of one of the guide support structures34. The slot 48 is interior to sunvisor shell 14. The flared circularopenings 52 and 54 are at opposite ends of the slot. The flared circularopenings can be centered or offset. The exterior design or shape of thesunvisor shell may also be observed and is a matter of choice.

It will be appreciated that the exterior shape of the sunvisor shell maytake other forms for aesthetic or other reasons.

With further reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, the gear drive mechanism in thepresent invention may be observed. Protruding outward from the end ofthe boot 26 is a short bearing rod 62. The bearing rod is received by alongitudinal hole in gear 74. Extending outward from the opposite boot28 is a shaft 64 which passes through the boot 28 and is rotatabletherein and extends to a gear 66. The gear is drivingly engaged with aworm gear 68. The worm gear is at the terminus of a rotatable, flexibleshaft 70 as seen in FIG. 1. Any type of gear arrangement could beemployed. The flexible shaft which comprises a core 124 and a casing 126is rotated by a motor 72 such as a small electrical motor which might berecessed within the headliner or elsewhere within the vehicle. As shownin this embodiment, the flexible shaft slides within a slot 73 as thevisor is moved laterally on the track. The motor would be powered by theelectrical system (not shown) of the vehicle. It will be understood thatother mechanisms might be utilized to rotate the shaft 64 such ashydraulic or pneumatic mechanisms.

Returning to a consideration of FIG. 2, the shaft 64 turns a pair ofgears 74 and 76 which extend radially from the shaft and can be moldedto the shaft or mounted as shown with set screws and divots in the rod.

Each gear 74 and 76 meshes with a rack 78 and 80. The gears rest in andare guided by elongated slots upon inner supports 90 and 92. Rotation ofthe shaft 64 by the motor will cause the gears 74 and 76 to rotate.Rotation of the gears will cause the racks 78 and 80 to move linearly.

In at least one embodiment, the rack remains stationary with respect tothe sunvisor shell 14. As will be described herein, in otherembodiments, the rack is flexible and movable to allow for extension orretraction of a glare shield. FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate an embodimentwith an extendible and retractable glare shield 82.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along section line 4—4 of FIG. 1.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the glare shield 82 is attached tothe racks 78 and 80. The racks are flexible and extend beyond the edgeof the glare shield and are not permanently secured to the sunvisorshell. Rather, a switch 104 may be operated so that the rack is movablewith respect to the shell or is stationary with respect to the shell.When the racks 78 and 80 are stationary with respect to the shell, therotation of the gears 74 and 76 will cause the shell to move withrespect to the boots. In the alternative, when the switch allows theracks to move, rotation of the gears 74 and 76 will cause the racks tomove which will, in turn, cause linear movement of the glare shield 82.Depending upon the rotation of the gears, the glare shield will eitherextend from the shell or retract into the shell through slot opening 84.

The glare shield is retained between rack gear retaining rails 86 andsupport rails 88. Rack gear retaining rails 86 also serves as a guidefor the flexible rack gear 78. They are upon the inner and upper surfaceof the sun visor shell and continue on around to the lower surface.Lateral movement of the glare shield 82 is prevented by supports 90 and92.

FIG. 5 illustrates an alternate embodiment from those shown in FIGS. 1through 4.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 5 also includes a glare shield 82. Thegears 96 and 98 are shaped differently although they operate in the samemanner. Additionally, a single lower rail 100 for each side of the glareshield is provided in a different position as well as a pair of rackgear retaining rails 102.

Returning to a consideration of the embodiment of the sunvisor 10 shownin FIGS. 1 through 4, the operation of the sunvisor shell and the glareshield 82 may be observed. When the drive gears 74 and 76 are rotated byrotation by the shaft 64, they engage with the teeth on the gear racks78 and 80. To move the sunvisor shell 14 either forward or backward, thesunvisor shell is moved with relation to the boots 26 and 28 which slidewithin the slots 48 and 50. The boots 26 and 28 remain stationary at alltimes and the sunvisor shell itself moves with respect thereto. Whilethe boots are in the slots, the sunvisor shell moves linearly withrespect to the boots. When the boots are within either of the flaredcircular openings, the sunvisor shell moves radially with respect to theboots. The movement of the sunvisor shell is accomplished by the motor72 which is controlled by a switch 104 as seen in FIG. 1. The switch maytake various forms as are well known.

The sunvisor 10 also includes a solenoid 106 which operates a plunger108 to extend or retract the plunger. The plunger may have an extension110 with a spring 112. Upon the end of the extension is a small disc 109which reduces friction for ease of sliding over the latch 114. When theplunger extension 110 is extended, the racks 78 and 80 are stationarywith respect to the sunvisor shell 14. When the plunger extension 110 isretracted by operation of the solenoid 106, latch 114 is retracted androtation of the gears 74 and 76 will move the racks 78 and 80. In thisposition, the racks 78 and 80 are free to move with respect to thesunvisor shell. Accordingly, the sunvisor shell will remain stationarybecause of the spring cap assembly 40 and the racks will move therebymoving the glare shield 82. The glare shield 82 will thus be extended orbe retracted through the opening.

The spring 112 causes the extended plunger to remain extended exceptwhen energized. The solenoid 106 will also be controlled by the switch104. It will be appreciated that either a linear or rotary solenoid orother switching mechanism might be employed.

An optional safety mechanism may be utilized. When the glare shield 82is fully extended, the latch 114 extending from the glare shield willhit a plunger 116 of a stop switch 118 which interrupts power and stopsmovement of the glare shield. This prevents the glare shield fromdepending from the slot and further prevents the whole assembly fromrotation and hitting the user.

The glare shield can be made of any light diffusing material. It may besomewhat opaque if to have an extended visor rather than glare shield isdesired. Alternatively, a vanity mirror could be incorporated into thevisor.

FIG. 6 shows a sectional view illustrating movement of the glare shield82 which is taken along section line 6—6 of FIG. 1. In this view theglare shield 82 is partially deployed through slot opening 84. It can beseen that the flexible gear rack 76 and 80 are moved in their rack gearretaining rails 86 and 88 as the glare shield is extended or retracted.FIGS. 7 and 8 show the operation of the sun visor 10 with respect to avehicle 120. FIG. 7 illustrates the linear movement of the sunvisorshell with respect to the boots 26 and 28. Also shown as an optionalplacement is the motor and flexible shaft.

FIG. 8 illustrates the radial movement of the sunvisor shell while theboots are within one of the flared circular openings.

Finally, FIG. 9 illustrates movement of the sunvisor shell on the trackassembly (not seen in FIG. 9) so that the shell has moved over to thepassenger side window. Additionally, FIG. 9 shows the glare shield 82 inthe extended position.

Returning to a consideration of FIG. 1, the operation of the sunvisorshell 14 with respect to the track assembly 16 may be observed. Thesunvisor shell 14 moves upon the track 18 as described. The shell 14 issupported between boot arms 22 and 24 respectively. The boot arms arepivotally mounted to block housings 142 and 144, respectively. The blockhousings are allowed to slide within the track housing 18. The armstravel up into the track housings through a track slot 122 which isvisible where the track 18 has been cut-away.

To activate the sunvisor, the user pushes a button switch on the controlpanel 104. The control panel 104 permits electrical energy to pass tothe track motor 170, which can be remotely placed in the vehicle. Thetrack motor 170 has a flexible shaft 124 attached to it which rotateswithin a flexible housing 126. As the flexible shaft 124 rotates itturns the drive gear 148 (which is shown out of and to the right of thetrack corner housing 180). The drive gear 148 has a top gear 178 moldedon it that meshes with a worm gear on the end of the flexible shaft 126(not shown).

As the worm gear turns the drive gear 148, gear pixels 182 mesh with thedrive belt 146 and move it. The drive belt is a flexible, elongatablematerial that wraps around block housings 142 and 144. The drive belt issecured upon at least one housing by an end cap 143 (also see FIG. 2).

As shown in FIG. 1, the belt has receiving holes but it is understoodthat it could be ribbed or have any number of other surfaces necessaryto create friction between it and the gear.

As the drive belt 146 is driven, the leading arm 22 of the sunvisor ispushed down the track side 20.

The track sides 18 and 20 substantially form a right angle triangle. Asthe sunvisor shell goes around the corner, the distance within the trackbetween the arms increases and the belt will stretch to accommodatethis. At the halfway point around the track, the gear 148 now starts topull the trailing arm 24 down the track side 18 which in turn is nowpushing the leading arm 22 down the track side 20. The mechanismincludes both a pushing and pulling action. The gear 148 must first pushthe leading block 142 approximately half way down track side 20 and thengear 148 starts to pull the trailing block 144 on to the corner of thetrack until the sunvisor 14 is parallel to one of the side windows.

A corner belt guide 184 prevents the belt from collapsing on itself atthe corner. Block 144 is always in the forward track and cannotnegotiate the corner; therefore, when the user pushes the button switch104, the visor will only travel as far as the corner and then stop.Likewise, the block 142 always stays in side track 20.

Optionally, a limiter switch (not shown) could be placed in the trackassembly which, once activated by one of the boots, would shut off themotor.

To allow each block to move easily within the track, each block hasreceiving indentations or holes 186 which have small bearings 188 placedwithin them, half on top and half on the bottom of each side of theblock. These allow the block to roll effortlessly along the track. Inthe rest position or home, the sunvisor has a rearward overhang and iscausing the greatest force upon the front top bearings and on the lowerrear bearing. When the sunvisor is slid forward it has a forwardoverhang and is causing the greatest force upon the rear top bearingsand the forward lower bearings.

FIG. 10 illustrates an alternate embodiment 130 of the sunvisor withouta glare shield. The gears 132 and 134 engage with racks 136 and 138which are secured to the sunvisor shell 140.

FIG. 11 illustrates a sectional view taken along line 11—11 of FIG. 10and shows a fixed gear rack upon the top of housing.

FIG. 12 illustrates a further embodiment of the sunvisor 150 without aglare shield. The motor 152 is located wholly within the sunvisor shell154. The motor 152 would be supplied with electricity via line 156. Thesunvisor 150 would operate substantially as in the other embodiments.

Within the spirit and scope of the present invention, alternateembodiments of the track assembly are possible. FIG. 17 illustrates analternate track assembly 250.

In this embodiment, the visor track assembly 250 has a reduced number ofmoving parts. The visor shell moves to the side window position by beingpulled by a flexible shaft, cord, or strand with engagement racksattached to the flexible shaft. In a preferred embodiment, it is simplein operation and extremely reliable for moving the visor shell betweenthe front position to the side position.

As seen in FIG. 17, it works on the principal of two arms being pulledor pushed at different times by the engagement mechanism.

To activate, the user pushes a switch 252 which activates a reversiblemotor 254 which turns a pulley 256. As the pulley is turned, it willeither push the flexible shaft 258 inside of its flexible but rigidhousing 260, or pull the shaft 258 in the housing. The pulley 256 isinside a pulley housing 262 which keeps the cord wound but releasable.When the flexible shaft 258 is wound on the pulley 256, the housing isnot needed as the shaft would just wind on the pulley.

The visor shell 265 starts in the home position aligned with the frontposition. In this position, the shaft 258 is held within a receivingcontour 264 and continues along the center of the left or right side andcontinues on around the front side of the track to the opposite end ofthe track. It will be observed that the receiving contour is partiallycylindrical in nature and partially torroidal in nature.

The flexible shaft 258 includes two engagement racks 266 and 268,respectively. The engagement racks are cylindrical in nature with teethon the front and a slot along the back. They can be crimped on orsecured to the flexible shaft. In the fully forward position, engagementrack 266 is in front of and aligned with carriage 270. The carriage hasreceiving holes 280 for bearings 282 which allow for easier sliding. Thecarriages have engagement teeth 284 on one side. In this position, theengagement rack and carriage are not in contact with each other. Whenactivated, the flexible shaft 258 is pulled in and along the contour 264and is wound upon the pulley 256 which is driven by the motor. As theflexible shaft 258 is pulled along, at first, the leading arm carriage272 is in contact with the engagement rack 268 which is moved by theflexible shaft. Each carriage 270 and 272 have extending teeth capableof engaging with racks 266 and 268, respectively.

At first, the leading arm is travelling in a linear path while thetrailing arm is mostly pivoting as the visor goes around the corner. Theleading arm is initially travelling faster than the trailing arm.Initially, engagement rack 266 will actually pass trailing carriage 270and will no longer be aligned with it. It is spaced from and free fromcontact with the trailing arm until approximately half way down thefront side. As the leading carriage 272 nears the center of the side, itstarts to slow as the visor reaches the half way point of being to theside window. It also reaches an outward contour upon the front side ofthe track wall. This contour draws the cord 258 and engagement rack 268upon the cord 258 away from the leading arm carriage 272. The leadingarm carriage is now spaced from the rack and free from engagement. Justprior to this, the trailing edge carriage is reaching the contour alongthe front side of the front track. This section is contoured inward andcauses the cord 258 with the engagement rack 266 to engage trailingcarriage 270. Now the trailing carriage arm is starting to travel in amore linear path and is speeding up while at the same time the leadingarm carriage 272 is slowing down and pivoting more. The visor shell,thus, will be moved into a position relatively parallel to the sidewindow. When the visor arm reaches the end of slot 274, it will stop.

Optionally, a limiter or stop switch could be incorporated into thetrack which would be tripped and stop the visor. During this movement ofthe visor, the cord 258 is pulled and wound upon the pulley 256 whichcan be placed in a remote location. When the visor is returned to theforward position, the cord is being pushed or unravelled off of thepulley 256. There is a casing or housing 262 around the pulley with ahole or slot to release the cord 258 as it is unravelled. The cord issurrounded by a semi-rigid flexible housing which selves to guide thecord as it is unwound from the pulley 256.

When it is unwound, the operation of above is reversed. In this manner,both arms cannot be engaged at the same time. The track sides 18 and 20substantially form a right angle. Along with visor shell 265, they formthe hypotenuse of a right angle triangle. The length of the right angleleg is the distance from the corner to the carriage. Since the length ofthe hypotenuse doesn't change, the right angle legs change with respectto each other. Accordingly, the arms are travelling at varying speeds asthe visor shell moves. The distance between the two arms within thetrack housing increases as the visor nears the center of the turn andthen the distance decreases.

An alternate embodiment of the sunvisor 160 is shown in FIGS. 13 and 14.The sunvisor shell 162 will be moved manually with respect to the boots164 and 166.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken along line 14—14 of FIG. 13.

In this embodiment, the boots 164 and 166 are upon the shaft and fixedlymounted to the shaft which also serves as a visor roof support.

FIGS. 15 and 16 illustrate a further alternate embodiment of a sunvisor200 that may be moved manually.

A sunvisor shell 201 slides forward and rearward upon a support rod 202which is curved at one end and terminates in a bracket 204 which travelsin a track 805. The support rod 202 is round in shape and has a lowerend 883 and an upper end 837. The ends are formed by bending the rodleaving approximately a 90° angle. The rod has a hollow interior alongits longitudinal length and has an opening 884 through which electricalwires can be placed. The support rod upper end travels up through around bracket collar hole 887 in the bracket assembly 204. The supportrod has a plastic cover for looks, covering the outer surface of thesupport rod near the angled portion. The cover stops just below theround bracket collar hole in the bracket. The support rod has acircumference just smaller than the diameter of the bracket collaropening. The upper end of the support rod is held perpendicular to thebracket, in the bracket collar hole, as the bracket thickness creates aopening that has enough of a hollow vertical shaft for the upper end ofthe support rod to be held vertically in the opening. The bracketassembly 204 is comprised of the bracket that has a rectangular bottomside 889, two side walls 891 and 892 respectively which are formed offof the longitudinal edges of the bottom side. The side walls are formedand are generally perpendicular to the bottom sides surface and havesurfaces that are parallel each other. The side walls are contouredlongitudinally inward toward the center of the bracket and thereforehave outside walls that allow for bearings 215 to be placed. Bearingholes 214 are placed along the contour of the brackets side walls, andthe bearings when assembled are placed and rotate within these bearingholes. This allows the bracket to be suspended within the track and toslide easily within the track 805. The electrical wire is attached tothe vanity mirror lighting by common known means and is run through theshell to the hollow support rods hole 884 and up through the hollowsupport rod. The electrical wire then continues up through and out theupper end of the support rod and then is attached with female/maleconnectors or soldered to the contacts 230 on the top surface of thebottom of the bracket. Power is supplied to the sunvisors lighted mirrorwith electrical connector 234 which is supplied power by the vehiclesbattery. The connector is riveted to the track and the connector has twoelectrical strips 813 on the bottom which when in place will contact thebracket electrical contacts 230 when the sunvisor is slid to the restedposition with the longitudinal edges of the shell parallel a frontwindshield.

The bracket assembly 204 is placed within the track assembly 805. Thetrack has a top side 880. From an end view, the track would resemble asemi-closed flat sided C with an opening along the entire top side.

The front edge of the track is adjacent and generally parallel aheadliners front edge and also a front windshield of the vehicle (notseen). The longitudinal sides of the track could be placed along a frontside window. In this version, the tracks longitudinal sides are alongthe front edge of the headliner. The track has two ends; an outer end851 and an inner end 849. The inner end would be mounted near the centerof a vehicle while the outer end is near a front side window. In thisversion it would be the drivers side window. The track has two sidewalls side wall 897 and an opposing side wall which are formed from thelongitudinal edge of the top side. The side walls are generallyperpendicular to the top side. The width of the side walls is narrow andis defined by the perpendicular distance to the longitudinal edges ofthe top of the track and the bottom longitudinal edge of the side wall.The side walls surface is contoured outward from the tracks interior soas to allow bearings to be placed upon their interior wall. This allowsthe bracket to roll easily within the track. The side walls lowerlongitudinal edges now curve around to form the bottom side of thetrack.

Now the support rod can be slid into place. The support rod is placedthrough the bracket collar hole. The upper end of the support rodslongitudinal axis is now perpendicular to the bracket bottom. Aretention washer 220 which has a round exterior and a hole through whichthe rod can be slipped is put into place. The retention washer has tworectangular protrusions 228 that extend outward from the inner edge ofthe retention clip hole. The protrusion fit within matching channels 229contoured in the support rod. The channels begin at the top of thesupport rod and extend down longitudinally around the rods outersurface. The channels are rectangular in shape and match the shape ofthe protrusions 228 and therefore keep the retention washer from turningabout the rod. On the bottom side of the retention washer are smalltriangular protrusions 222 extending down from the bottom side of theretention washer. The protrusions fit down into the raised triangularindentations 216 in the bracket bottoms top side. When assembled theretention washer is pressed against the top side of the bottom of thebracket. The retention washers triangular protrusions are pushed downinto the triangular indentations 216 by a small wave spring 226 which ispressed between the machine pressed top 224 of the rod and between thetop of the retention washer. The support rod is held in place in thebracket by compressing the top of the rod 224. In the rested position,the retention washer causes the visor to remain parallel the windshieldas the visor shell is slid forward over a clamp assembly. The rod willturn as the user can overcome the small wave spring force and can turnthe visor to the side when grabbing the outer end of the sunvisor shell.

The bracket is slid into the outer end of the track. The bearings 215are placed as the bracket is slid into the open end of the track. Oncethe bracket is in place, the stop tabs 236 placed at each end of thetrack can be bent down into place preventing the bracket from slidingback out of the tracks ends. The Sunvisor assembly could then be mountedin a vehicles headliner which Would be slotted; therefore allowing thesunvisors support rod to extend into the interior of the vehicle so thesunvisors shell could be used. The sunvisor assembly shown in FIGS. 15and 16 is a driver's side visor; the passenger's side would be reversed.The sunvisor shell 201 has a forward leading edge 240 which liesparallel and adjacent the windshield (not shown) in the rested position.The shell has a top side 271 which is generally rectangular in shape andis formed by the forward leading edge being one of the longitudinalsides; and a trailing edge 241 parallel to the forward leading edge andbeing the other longitudinal side of the visor shell. The ends of theshell are formed by an outer flexible end 299 and an inner visor arm end242. The shell's bottom side 269 which is seen through the mirror cutouthas the same shape as the top side of the shell, is below and lies on aplane that is parallel the top side of the shell. This creates a cavitywithin the shell. The shell may be molded with a living hinge which isthe trailing edge 241; this allows the shell to be folded together overthe support rod 202. The shell is snapped together along the forwardleading edge snap points 265 using common methods of closure.

The ends of the shell 299 and 242 are generally perpendicular to theforward leading edge 240. The outer flexible end 299 is formed with acurvature to create a shape that keeps the sun from shining in at theupper corner of the windshield. The shape would vary based upon thevehicle. The inner visor arm end 242 is formed when the top and bottomsides of the shell are folded together creating an elongated opening inthe inner visor arm end 242. The inner visor arm end 242 now has anelongated opening which is perpendicular to the forward leading edge 240of the shell. The support rod 202 passes through the elongated openingin the end of the shell. The support rod is between the top side 271 andthe bottom side 269 of the visor shell and is parallel to the forwardleading edge of the shell but perpendicular to the inner visor arm end242.

Within the interior of the shell 201 is a molded elongated clamp support208. The elongated clamp support may be a molded part of the interior ofthe top and bottom sides of the shell. The elongated clamp supportcreates an oblong slot 297 in which a clamp 206 can slide. The oblongslot lies perpendicular to the longitudinal sides of the visor shellbeginning near the forward leading edge 240 and continuing toward thetrailing edge 241 of the shell. The oblong slot's longitudinal sides liegenerally parallel and adjacent to the inner visor arm end 242 of thevisor shell. The elongated clamp support's 208 inner surface is createdby molding the surface thicker than the shell thereby creating a shelf276. The shelf is created on the inner side of the top and on the innerside of the bottom of the shell housing. The shelf surface is parallelto the shells top and bottom sides. The width of the shelf area matchesthe clamp 206 and therefore creates a slot in which the clamp may slide.

FIG. 23 is a sectional view taken along section line 23—23 of FIG. 15.The support rod 202 is a lengthened piece of metal that has a roundexterior. The clamp 206 is formed of a pretreated metal and exerts aspring force that compresses against the support rod 202. The clamp ismolded as one piece. The clamp has a top side 298 which has an innersurface 286 and an outer surface 207. The clamp has a back longitudinaledge which is molded as an arc that curves from the top side andcontinues around generally perpendicular to the top surface 298 andcontinues until it is again parallel to top side 298. This creates abottom side 288 which is now parallel and below the top surface. Thebottom side 288 has an inner surface 287 and an outer surface 276. Thetop and bottom sides of the clamp are sufficiently wide as to allow theshell to slide easily forward and rearward over the clamp. The frontside of the clamp is open with the top sides leading edge 283 beingcurved inward and the clamps bottom sides leading edge 269 being curvedinward thus assuring the shell will slide easily over the clampssurface. A hole is formed through each end of the clamp, creating anopening through which the support rod 202 can be slid. The support rodis slid through one of the end holes and is forced between the clampstop side 298 inner surface 286 and the clamps bottom surfaces 288 innersurface 287. The clamps top surface and bottom surface createcompressive force against the rod. The force is sufficient to hold thevisor shell in place parallel to a headliner but can be overcome by theuser when the visor is rotated upon the rod into an in-use position. Theclamp thus rotates radially about the axis of the rod.

Upon the longitudinal surface of the support rod is a chamfered sectionthat creates a flat surface 281. The flat surface runs longitudinallyalong the rod and causes the clamp 206 to snap into place around theflat surface when the visor shell 201 is rotated toward the restedposition. The flat surface 281 position is dependent upon the vehiclesroofline rake. The flat surface created is generally parallel to theheadliner's surface.

With the clamp in place around the support rod, the visor shell topinner shelf surface 277 and the visor shell bottom inner shelf surface257 creates a surface upon which the clamp 206 can now slide forwardtoward the leading edge 240 of the visor shell or rearward toward thetrailing edge 241 of the visor shell. The visor shell is sliding forwardand rearward over the clamp top side 298 outer surface 207 and over theclamp bottom side 288 outer surface.

The clamps longitudinal sides lie parallel to the forward leading edge240 and parallel the trailing edge 241 of the visor shell. The supportrod 202 also lies parallel to the forward leading edge and parallel tothe trailing edge of the visor shell; and remains stationary as thevisor shell 201 is slid forward and rearward over the clamp 206. Thevisor shells ends are being slid forward and rearward perpendicular tothe rod and perpendicular to the clamp.

FIG. 16 shows several elements exploded. Interior to the clamp 206 is aflat washer 211 which is oblong in shape with a hole 279 offset andformed through its side. Interior to the flat washer 211 is a springwasher 212 which also has a hole 290 formed through its surface.Interior to the spring washer 212 is a travel guide 210 which can be amolded oblong plastic piece with a hole 291 formed and offset throughits surface.

Referring back to FIG. 15, the rod is slid through a hole 289 in the endof the clamp. The travel guide, the spring washer and the flat washerare slid over the rod and into place between the clamp support 208 andan inner support 209.

As the visor is pivoted down into use, the offset hole allows the visorto rotate radially closer to the trailing edge. This allows the trailingedge 241 to pivot without interfering with the headliner.

Interior to the clamp support 208 is the inner support 209 which liesparallel and adjacent to the clamp support. The inner support is amolded part of the shell interior and when the shell is folded shut, aslot 296 is formed through which the visor rod 202 can slide.

The elongated clamp support 208 and the inner support 209 lie paralleleach other and perpendicular to the forward leading edge of the visor. Aspace is in-between the longitudinal sides of the inner support and theclamp support. An inner side surface 295 of the clamp support 208 andthe outer side surface 294 of the inner support 209 creates a space inwhich the travel guide 210 can slide.

The spring washer 212 forces the travel guide 201 against the innersupport's outer side surface 294 and the spring washer 212 forces theflat washer 211 against the clamp support's inner side surface 295. Thespring washer 211 provides just enough pressure to keep the travel guideand flat washer against the clamp support and the inner support but theforce can be overcome by the user and therefore the visor shell willslide forward and rearward over the assembly. The travel guide 210 keepsthe visor from wracking itself as it is slid forward and rearward. Inother words the travel guide keeps the visor shell ends perpendicular tothe clamp and support rod as the visor shell is slid forward andrearward over the rod. The travel guide and the flat washer also causefriction against the clamp support and the inner support, keeping thevisor from sliding forward or rearward upon the clamp except by userforce.

The support rod 202 is offset or bent leaving an elbow 267 just insidethe inner support. The support rod continues on parallel to the visorshell top and bottom sides until just prior to the second inner support209 which is identical to the other inner support. The support rod thencurves back up at elbow 263 and the rod continues on parallel to thevisor shell top and bottom sides into and through the holes drilled inthe travel guide 210 the spring washer 212 and the flat spring 211. Thetravel guide, the spring washer and the flat spring are between thesecond inner support and the second clamp support. The support rodcontinues on into and through the second clamp 206. The clamp 206 slidesin the oblong slot created by the clamp assembly structure.

The visor shell thus has both a linear movement and a radial movement.The user simply reaches up and pushes the trailing edge 241 of the visorforward and the visor shell will slide forward toward the windshield.When all the way forward, the user rotates the visor radially down intouse and the clamp 206 and shell will rotate about the rod. The clamp'sspring compression force is sufficient to hold the visor shell fromrotation when not in use, but user force can overcome the spring forceof the clamp upon the rod.

The bracket 204 fits in the track 205. Upon the side edges are receivingholes 214 for bearings 215 which allow the visor to travel easily withinthe track. The side walls of the bracket are contoured to receive thebearings. This embodiment may be center mounted in the vehicle with thepivot joint near the rear view mirror. With the center mount, the userwill not be as apt to have to move his or her head out of the way whenmoving the visor to the side window position.

The visor shell may be pivoted to the side window or back to the front.Upon the bracket 204 are receiving contours 216 and 218 whichindentations in the carriage which mesh with the formed ring 220 whichhas divots or raised bumps or protuberances 222. Immediately above thering 220 is a flat spring 226 which pushes down on the formed ring 220.The ring 220 is slid over the rod 202 prior to flaring the end. It willbe noted that the ring on the inner side has indentations 228 whichmatch slots 229 in the rod 202. The prevents the ring from turning uponthe rod.

In the at rest or home position aligned with the windshield, the divots222 and contours 216 hold the visor parallel to the front windshieldwhen the visor is being slid forward on the rod. The same is true forthe side window as noted. There is at least one contour at 90° on thebracket and the visor rod is held parallel to the side window positionallowing the user to slide the visor shell forward or rearward over therod. The flat spring 226 force can be overcome by the user but issufficient to hold the visor in place when being slid forward orrearward on the rod.

This visor provides a bearing means which addresses the need forstability, reduced vibration, strength in design and simplicity. Uponthe carriage can be placed electrical contacts 230 which can then beattached to wires 232 for placement of a lighted mirror. When the visoris in the at rest or home position, the user would rotate the mirrordownward for use. In the rest position, the carriage 204 is all the wayto the right in the track 200 which has a receiving electricalconnection 234 which supplies power to the contacts 230. Stop tabs 236keep the carriage within the track after assembled.

A further alternate track assembly 300 is illustrated in FIG. 18. Inthis track assembly, the track housing 302 is formed to allow acontinuous belt to travel upon a path that will push and pull carriagesat the appropriate times. In the figure shown, the visor shell 301 isnearly in the at rest or home position. When the motor 304 is activated,it turns a flexible shaft 306 which is within a flexible housing 308,which turns a drive gear 310. The drive gear 310 has a molded gear uponit which meshes with a worm gear of the flexible shaft. When the drivegear is turned, it drives the belt within the contoured and formedtrack. In the at rest or home position, the carriage 312 has teeth or ameshing surface 314 in contact with the belt and is pulled along withinthe housing. At approximately the halfway point, carriage 312 is freedfrom and spaced from the belt as the belt curves out away from the block312. The teeth of block 315 teeth now mesh with the forward contouredarea of the track and now this block is pulled along within the housinguntil the visor is to the side window position. A pulley 316 is placedat the other end of the track and the belt wraps around it.

There is a corner belt guide 318 which guides the belt around the cornerof the track and can be molded into the track housing. The belt travelsbehind belt guides 320 after it leaves the inward contoured area. Theseguides separate the belt from the block and block gear rack 314. Thereis a slot 322 at the bottom of the track through which the visor armspass.

The carriage has indentations or holes 324 which receive bearings 326which allow the carriages to move easily within the track housing.

FIGS. 19 and 20 illustrate another further alternate embodiment of asunvisor 400 that may be moved manually. A sunvisor shell 401 slidesforward and rearward upon a support rod 402 which is curved at one endand terminates in a bracket 404 which travels in a track 405. Thesunvisor assembly shown in FIGS. 19 and 20 is a driver's side visor; thepassenger's side would be reversed. The sunvisor shell 401 can be moldedof plastic or any similar material and has a forward leading edge 440which lies parallel and adjacent the windshield (not shown) in therested position. The shell has a top side 471 which is generallyrectangular in shape and is formed by the forward leading edge being oneof the longitudinal sides; and a trailing edge 441 parallel to theforward leading edge and being the other longitudinal side of the visorshell. The ends of the visor shell are formed by an outer flexible end499 and an inner visor arm end 442. The shell's bottom side 469, whichis seen through the mirror cutout, has the same shape as the top side ofthe shell, is below and lies on a plane which is parallel the top sideof the shell. This creates a cavity within the shell. The shell may bemolded with a living hinge which in this embodiment is the forwardleading edge 440; this allows the shell to be folded together over thesupport rod 402. As shown, the visor shell could be molded with just theinner visor arm end 442 being hinged. The shell is then snapped togetheralong the trailing edge snap points 465 using common methods of closure.

The ends of the shell are generally perpendicular to the forward leadingedge 440 and consist of the outer flexible end 499 which is formed witha curvature to create a shape that keeps the sun from shining in at theupper corner of the windshield. The other end of the shell is the innervisor arm end 442 which is formed when the top and bottom sides of theshell are folded together, creating an elongated opening in the innervisor arm end 442. The inner visor arm end 442 now has the elongatedopening that is perpendicular to the forward leading edge 440 of theshell. The support rod 402 passes through the elongated opening in theend of the shell. The support rod is between the top side 471 and thebottom side 469 of the visor shell and is parallel to the forwardleading edge of the shell but perpendicular to the inner visor arm end442.

Within the interior of the shell 401 is a molded elongated clamp supportstructure 408. The elongated clamp support structure is a molded part ofthe interior of the top and bottom sides of the shell. The elongatedclamp support has a lower outer support rail 495 and an opposed upperouter support rail 453. The support rails are molded as a part of theinside of the bottom side 469 of the visor shell and a part of theinside of the top side 471 of the visor shell. A ledge 467 is formed onthe interior side of the lower outer support rail 453 and runsperpendicular to the forward leading edge 440 of the visor shell.Looking now at the lower outer support 495, the ledge 467 begins at theforward leading edge and continues toward the back trailing edge 441 ofthe visor shell. The ledge is adjacent to and generally parallel to theinner visor arm end 442. The ledge has an integral longitudinal edge 410molded to the shell bottom 469 which runs linearly perpendicular to theforward leading edge of the visor shell. A top longitudinal edge 411 ofthe flat ledge runs parallel the bottom edge and has been molded raisedup off the inside of the bottom side 469 of the shell. The ledge 467 isangled transverse the bottom side 469 of the shell. The ledge continuesoutward from the integral longitudinal edge 410 and up to the top edge411. This creates a surface upon which lower conical wheels may roll. Inother words, the top edge 411 is closer to the inner visor arm edge 442than the bottom edge 410. The angle created by the transverse ledge isdependent upon the angle of conical wheels. The top longitudinal edge411 in the assembled position is now just below the support rod 402. Theupper outer support 453 forms a flat ledge 483 which runs perpendicularto the forward leading edge 440 of the visor shell. The ledge 483 beginsat the forward leading edge and continues toward the back trailing edge441 of the visor shell. The ledge is adjacent to and generally parallelto the inner visor arm end 442. The ledge has an integral longitudinaledge 435 molded to the shells top side 471 which runs linearly andperpendicular to the forward leading edge of the visor shell. The bottomlongitudinal edge 433 of the ledge 483 runs parallel the integral edgeand has been molded lowered down off the inside of the top side 471 ofthe shell. The ledge 483 is angled transverse from the top side 471 ofthe shell. The ledge continues outward from the integral edge 435 anddown to the bottom edge 433. This creates a surface upon which upperconical wheels may roll. In other words, the bottom edge 433 is closerto the inner visor arm end 442 than the integral edge 435. The anglecreated by the transverse ledge is dependent upon the angle of conicalwheels used. The bottom longitudinal edge 433 in the assembled positionis now just above the support rod 402. Once the shell has been snappedtogether, a convex shape is formed by the outer upper support and theouter lower support. A slot 484 is formed through which the support rodcan slide and travel.

FIG. 20 illustrates an exploded and enlarged view of several elements.Interior to the outer supports is a clamp 406. The clamp is formed of apretreated metal and exerts a spring force against the support rodsurface. The clamp is molded as one piece. The clamp has a top side 498which has an inner surface and an outer surface 407. The clamp has aback longitudinal edge which is molded as an arc that curves from thetop side and continues around generally perpendicular to the top surface498 and continues until it is again parallel to top surface 498; thiscreates a bottom side which is now parallel and below the top surface.The bottom side has an inner surface and an outer surface. The frontside of the clamp is open. A hole 489 is formed through each end of theclamp, creating an opening through which the support rod 402 can beslid. The clamps outer end 449 and inner end 472 have four slots 413 ineach end. The slots are placed at each outer corner of the clamp. Theslots hold the wheel assemblies 446. Conical wheels 447 are at each endof the integral axle. The wheel assembly is placed within the slots 413and the longitudinal axis of the axles lie parallel the longitudinalsides of the clamp. The conical wheels extend outward from the outsideends of the clamps' ends and have a slightly higher profile than eitherthe top or bottom side of the clamp. A small one piece, curved springclip 448 shaped like a “U” is placed on the outside of each end of theclamp and under all four axles; just inside the conical wheels innerside. This causes a small amount of vertical outward force on each axle,toward the elongated clamp support 408. Between the outer support railsand inner support rails is the interior structure of the elongated clampsupport. The interior top side and interior lower side of the shellcreates the interior elongated clamp support structure. Each end of theelongated clamp support 408 is identical. As can be seen in FIG. 20, thelower inner support 488 and the upper inner support 487 are identical tothe outer supports and also create a slot 485 (when the shell is snappedshut) through which the support rod can slide. The support rod is slidthrough one of the clamps end holes 489 and is forced between the clampstop side 498 inner surface and the clamps bottom surfaces inner surface.The clamps top side and bottom side are creating force against the rod.The force is sufficient to hold the visor shell from rotation and inplace parallel a headliner but can be overcome by the user when thevisor is rotated upon the rod into an in-use position.

The support rod 402 as shown is a lengthened piece of metal that has around exterior. Upon the longitudinal surface area of the support rod isa cut section that creates a flat surface 481. The flat surface createdruns longitudinally along the rod and causes the clamp 406 to snap intoplace around the cut section when the visor shell 401 is rotated towardthe rested position. The flat surfaces' 281 formed position is dependentupon the vehicles roofline rake. The flat surface created is generallyparallel the headliners surface.

Referring back to FIG. 19, the visor will slide forward and rearwardover the support rod and clamp, and will also rotate down into use. Withthe visor shell 401 closed, the clamps conical wheel 447 will pressagainst the elongated clamp supports lower and upper outer rails 495 and453, respectively, and the elongated clamp supports lower and upperinner rails 488 and 487, respectively. The spring clip will maintainenough tension to keep the visor shell from sliding forward and rearwardover the clamp assembly but can be overcome by user force. The usersimply reaches up and pushes the trailing edge 441 of the visor forwardand the visor shell will slide forward over the clamp assembly towardthe windshield. When all the way forward, the user rotates the visorradially about the rod down into use and the clamp 406 will rotate aboutthe rod. The clamp's force is sufficient to hold the visor shell fromrotation when not in use, but user force can overcome the force of theclamp upon the support rod thereby allowing the shell and clamp toradially turn about the support rod.

FIG. 24 shows a cross-sectional view of the visor shell 401 with theclamp 406 being in place within the shell. The clamps bottom sides 450and outer side 451 can be seen as the open end of the clamp is viewed.The clamp 406 is upon the support rod 402 and the conical wheels 447 canbe seen resting against the ledges formed by the shell.

FIG. 21 illustrates an even further alternate embodiment of a sunvisor500 that may be moved manually. A sunvisor shell 501 slides forward andrearward upon a support rod 502 which is curved at one end andterminates in a bracket which travels in a track (not visible in FIG.21). The sunvisor shell 501 has a forward leading edge 540 which liesparallel and adjacent the windshield (not shown) in the rested position.The shell has a top side 571 which is generally rectangular in shape andis formed by the forward leading edge being one of the longitudinalsides; and a trailing edge 541 parallel to the forward leading edge andbeing the other longitudinal side of the visor shell. The ends of thevisor shell are formed by an outer flexible end 599 and an inner visorarm end 542. The shell's bottom side 569 which is seen through themirror cutout has the same shape as the top side of the shell and isbelow and lies on a plane which is parallel the top side of the shell.This creates a cavity within the shell. The shell is molded with aliving hinge which is the forward leading edge 540. This allows theshell to be folded together over the support rod 502. The shell issnapped together along the trailing edge snap points 565 using commonmethods of closure.

The ends of the shell are generally perpendicular to the forward leadingedge 540. The outer flexible end 599 is formed with a curvature tocreate a shape that keeps the sun from shining in at the upper corner ofthe windshield. The shape would vary based upon the vehicle. The innervisor arm end 542 is formed when the top and bottom sides of the shellare folded together, creating an elongated opening in the inner visorarm end 542. The inner visor arm end 542 has an elongated opening thatis perpendicular to the forward leading edge 540 of the shell. Thesupport rod 502 passes through the elongated opening in the end of theshell. The support rod is between the top side 571 and the bottom side569 of the visor shell and is parallel to the forward leading edge ofthe shell but perpendicular to the inner visor arm end 542.

Within the interior of the shell 501 is a molded elongated clamp support508. The elongated clamp support is a molded part of the interior of thetop and bottom sides of the shell. The elongated clamp support has alower outer support rail 595 and an upper outer support rail 553. Thesupport rails are molded as a part of the inside of the bottom side 569of the visor shell and molded as a part of the inside of the top side571 of the visor shell. The lower outer support rail 595 is moldedrising up off the bottom side of the shell interior, and stops at alongitudinal edge 511. The longitudinal edge lies just below the supportrod in the assembled position and is parallel the top and bottom sidesof the shell. The upper outer support rail is molded down off theinterior of the shells top side interior; and stops at a longitudinaledge 533. The longitudinal edge lies just above the support rod in theassembled position. When the shell is snapped shut an elongated slot isformed by the upper inner edge 455 and the lower inner edge 494 throughwith the rod can slide.

FIG. 22 is an enlarged view of several components. Interior to the outersupports is a clamp 506. The clamp is formed of a pretreated metal andcompresses against the support rods surface. The clamp has a top side598 which has an inner surface and an outer surface 507. The clamp has aback longitudinal edge which is molded as an arc that curves from thetop side and continues around generally perpendicular to the top surface598 and continues until it is again parallel to top surface 598. Thiscreates a bottom side which is now parallel and below the top surface.The bottom side is identical to the top side and has an inner surfaceand an outer surface. The front side of the clamp is open. A hole 589 isformed through each end of the clamp creating an opening through whichthe support rod 502 can pass.

The clamp's outer end 549 and inner end 572 each have four slots 513.The slots are placed at each outer corner of the clamps ends. The slotshold roller assemblies 546. The roller assembles 546 can be molded ofplastic and are shown as one piece. The rollers rise slightly above theheight of the clamp and have end axles of a smaller diameter than therollers. The ends are placed in the slots. The roller assembly is placedwithin the slots 513 and the longitudinal axis of the axles lie parallelthe longitudinal sides of the clamp. A small spring clip 548 is placedon the outside of each end of the clamp and under all four axles; justinside a small groove on the axles outer side. This causes a smallamount of vertical outward force on each axle toward the shells top andbottom sides.

Referring back to FIG. 21, between the outer support rails and innersupport rails is the interior structure of the elongated clamp support.The interior top side and interior lower side of the shell creates aninterior elongated clamp support structure. A rack 590 which in thisembodiment is molded upon the interior of the top side of the shell ismolded just interior and adjacent to the interior elongated clampsupport structure. The rack teeth lie parallel the support rod and clampassembly. A gear 547 slides upon the end of the support rod. When theshell is closed, the gear teeth are in contact with the gear rack teethand this keeps the visor shell from wracking when it is slid forward andrearward over the rod and clamp assembly. In other words, it keeps theshell ends perpendicular to the rod and clamp. The support rod passesthrough one of the clamps end holes 589 and is forced between the clampstop side 598 inner surface and the clamps bottom surfaces inner surface.The clamp's top side and bottom side are creating compressive springforce against the rod. The force is sufficient to hold the visor shellfrom rotation and in place parallel a headliner but can be overcome bythe user when the visor is rotated upon the rod into an in-use position.The support rod 502 as shown is a lengthened piece of metal that has around exterior. Upon the longitudinal surface area of the support rod isa chamfered, flattened section that creates a flat surface 581. The flatsurface created, runs longitudinally along the rod and causes the clamp506 to snap into place around the cut section when the visor shell 501is rotated toward the rested position. The flat surfaces' 581 formedposition is dependent upon the vehicles roofline rake etc. The flatsurface created is generally parallel the headliner surface.

The visor will slide forward and rearward over the support rod andclamp, and will also rotate down into use. With the visor shell 501closed, the clamps rollers 546 will press against the elongated clampsupports lower and upper interior surfaces respectively and theelongated clamp. The spring clip 548 will maintain enough tension tokeep the visor shell from sliding forward and rearward over the clampassembly but can be overcome by user force. The user simply reaches upand pushes the trailing edge 541 of the visor forward and the visorshell will slide forward over the clamp and gear assembly toward thewindshield. When all the way forward, the user rotates the visor downinto use and the clamp 506 and visor shell will rotate about the rod.The clamps force is sufficient to hold the visor shell from rotationwhen not in use, but user force can overcome the force of the clamp uponthe rod thereby allowing the shell and clamp to radially turn about thesupport rod.

FIG. 25 shows a cross-sectional view of the visor shell 501 with theclamp 506 being in place within the shell. The clamp 506 is upon thesupport rod 502 and the gear 547 can be seen mounted upon the supportrod and resting against the gear rack formed by the shell.

FIG. 26 illustrates an isometric assembly view of a preferred embodimentof a sunvisor 600. The sunvisor shown is a driver's side visor. Thesunvisor has a shell 601 that is generally rectangular in shape with twolongitudinal edges parallel each other and two end edges perpendicularto the longitudinal edges. The sunvisor shell has a top side 640 and abottom side 669 which can be seen through a cut-out for the vanitymirror assembly. The vanity mirror assembly is not shown. The sunvisorin this assembly view is in the rested position with the elementsexploded.

The sunvisor top side is parallel the headliner 644. The sunvisor has anouter end 699 which would be near an outside front window 3 as seen inFIG. 7. The outer end is flexible so as to bend with the side rooflineof the headliner. The outer end can be seen to be curved with theforward end longer than the trailing end. This allows the sunvisor toblock the sun near the cars sloping and angled forward post as thesunvisor is slid into use to the windshield area. The sunvisor has aninner end 681 which has an edge that lies generally perpendicular to thevisor's longitudinal trailing edge 661. The leading edge of the visor682 lies adjacent to and generally parallel the front edge of theheadliner 644 when the sunvisor is in the rested position. The sunvisorinner end 681 has an elongated opening upon its edge through which asupport rod 602 can be inserted. The support rod holds the sunvisor inplace behind the windshield and allows the sunvisor to be moved to amultitude of positions for use.

The support rod 602 is round in shape and has a lower end 683 and anupper end 637. The ends are formed by bending the rod leavingapproximately a 90° angle. The rod has a hollow interior along itslongitudinal length and has an opening 684 through which bracketelectrical wires 608 can be placed. The support rod upper end 637travels up through a round bracket collar opening 687 in a bracket 688.The support rod has a plastic cover 623, covering the outer surface ofthe support rod near the angled portion. The cover stops just below theround bracket collar opening 687 in the bracket. The support rod whichhas a circumference just smaller than the diameter of the bracket collaropening 687; continues up though the opening. The upper end of thesupport rod is held perpendicular to the bracket, in the bracket collaropening. The bracket collar opening rises up from the bottom of thebracket and creates enough of a hollow shaft for the upper end of thesupport rod to be held vertically in the opening. The bracket assembly604 is comprised of the bracket 688 that has a rectangular bottom side689, two side walls 691 and 692 respectively which are formed off of thelongitudinal edges of the bottom side. The side walls are formed and aregenerally perpendicular to the bottom sides surface and have surfacesthat are parallel each other. The side walls are contouredlongitudinally inward toward the center of the bracket and thereforehave outside walls that allow for bearings 615 to be placed. Bearingholes 614 are placed along the contour of the brackets side walls, andthe bearings when assembled are placed and rotate within these bearingholes. This allows the bracket to slide easily within a track assembly605. The bracket has two small rollers 694 which have small axles moldedintegral to them. Each of the axles ride and rotate in two small axleholes that are opposed to each other and are in the side walls of thebracket. Once in place, the rollers longitudinal axis is now parallelthe bottom of the bracket and also perpendicular to the bracketslongitudinal sides. The rollers are placed through a small rectangularopening 646 in the brackets bottom side and depend just a little lowerthen the bottom side of the bottom of the bracket and roll along the topof the bottom side of the track. A lever 633 can be attached to thebottom side of the bracket. The lever is riveted to the inner end of thebracket nearest the center of the vehicle. The lever is narrower thanthe slot in the track and narrower than the opening in the track trimand extends down into the passenger compartment. Once the lever is justbelow the track trim 623, the levers surface curves and is parallel andbelow the track trim. The levers longitudinal surface is parallel thetrack trim opening. A small indentation or indentations can be made onthe bottom side of the levers surface. The indentations allow the usersthumb or finger to easily grasp and slide the visor without slippingfrom the lever. Electric is supplied to the mirror lighting 606 with abracket wiring harness 608 and a track tower wiring harness 609 . Thebracket wiring harness has a top connector 603 which has two wires thatare place down through the top of the support rod once the support rodassembly is in place. The wires run down the hollow shaft of the supportrod and exit near the vanity mirror assembly and are connected by anycommon known means to the wires from the mirror lighting. The topconnector 603 is then riveted into place on the bracket contact strips607. Electrical contact strips 612 riveted to the tower are on thebottom side and facing down. When the bracket assembly is slid to therested position with the longitudinal sides of the visor parallel thetrack; the bracket contact strips 607 will now be making contact withthe track tower contact strips 612 to complete a circuit. The tracktower contact strips 612 are on the bottom side of the top horizontaloverhanging surface. The track tower wiring harness is connected to thevehicles power supply and now, power is supplied to the mirror lighting.When the visor assembly is slid toward a side window in the track, thereis no power. The length the visor could be slid with power is dependentupon how long the contact strips are on the tower. And they could beplaced anywhere on the track but the logical place is in the restedposition.

The bracket assembly 604 is placed within the track 605. The track 695has a top side 680 which has a front longitudinal ledge 653. The topside has a trailing longitudinal ledge 648. The top sides ledges areparallel the bottom side of the track. The track has an elongated andcentered opening along its entire top side. From an end view, the trackwould resemble a semi-closed flat sided C with an opening along theentire top side.

The front longitudinal ledge 653 of the track is adjacent and generallyparallel the headliners 644 front edge 610 and also the front windshieldof the vehicle (not seen). The tracks back longitudinal edge 696 isparallel the front track edge. The track has two ends; an outer end 651and an inner end 649. The inner end would be mounted near the center ofa vehicle while the outer end is near a front side window. This versionis a drivers side window. The track has two side walls, side wall 697and an opposing side wall. The side walls are formed from thelongitudinal edges of the top side. The side walls are generallyperpendicular to the top side. The width of the side walls is narrow andis defined by the perpendicular distance to the longitudinal edges ofthe top of the track and the bottom longitudinal edge of the side wall.The side walls surface is contoured outward from the tracks interior soas to allow bearings to be placed upon their interior wall. This allowsthe bracket to roll easily within the track. The side walls lowerlongitudinal edges now curve around to form the bottom side of thetrack. The bottom side of the track is now parallel the top side of thetrack. A slot 628 is cut or formed in the bottom side of the track. Theslot begins adjacent to the tracks outer end 651 and continues thelength of the track and stops adjacent the electrical tower mount 666.The slot is centered down the length of the track. The slot creates anelongated opening through which the support rods upper end 637 can beplaced.

The bracket is slid into one of the ends of the track; preferably theend that would be near the center of the vehicle. The bracket assembly604 is slid in with the attached rollers in place. The bearings 615 areplaced as the bracket is slid into the open end of the track. Once thebracket is in place, the stop tabs 636 placed at each end of the trackcan be bent up into place preventing the bracket from sliding back outof the tracks ends. The bracket assembly is slid into the track untilthe bracket collar hole 687 is centered over the slot 628 in the track.Now the support rod can be slid into place; up through the headlinerstrack trim slot 645. The track trim slot is created in the track trim623 which can be glued or secured to the headliner. The track trim 623,trims out the opening in the headliner where the support rod extendsinto the interior of a vehicle. It also securely holds the track inplace. The track trims upper portion above the headliner, has the sameshape as the track and the track is snapped into place in the tracktrim. Four small track spacers 654 are placed on the top side of thetrack near the corners. The spacers would be molded to or attached tothe track to allow room for the control turn arm to slide above thetrack and below a vehicles sheetmetal roof. The support rod continues upthrough the slot 628 in the track and up through the bracket collar hole687. The upper end 637 of the support rods longitudinal axis is nowperpendicular to the bracket bottom. The support rod is held in place inthe bracket by spring collar clip 620 Which is slid around the uppersupport rods surface. The spring collar clip is slid into place into agroove 628 which is placed around the circumference of the support rod.The spring clips bottom surface now rests on the top of the bracketcollar hole and the support rods upper end now is held in place andrides in the bracket.

The support rod upper end 637 rises vertically just above the tracksledges 653 and 648 respectively. A control turn arm 641 can now be sliddown onto the shaft of the upper end of the support rod. The controlturn arm 641 has a mounting hole 639 which is generally circular inshape and has two semi-rectangular protrusions 647 extending outwardfrom the inner edge of the opening. The protrusions are generally placedopposing each other at 180° in the openings inner edge. The control turnarms opening can now be slid down onto the support rods upper end 637.The support rod has two opposing channels 638 formed along its outersurface. The channels are semi-rectangular in shape and begin at the topof the support rods upper end 637 and extend down vertically along thelongitudinal axis of the support rods upper end. The channels stop justabove the tracks upper side ledges 653 and 648 respectively (when theupper end of the support rod is in place). The channels are indentedgrooves upon the upper end of the support rods outer surface. Thecontrol turn arm now is in place above the top side of the track ledges.It is held off of the top side of the track, as the support rodschannels 638 stop just above the ledges 653 and 648 and the protrusionsstop the control turn arm from sliding further down the shaft of thesupport rods upper end or from rubbing on the top side of the track;therefore holding it just above the top side of the track. Theprotrusions 647 extending outward from the mounting hole 639 are now inthe support rods channels 638 and prevent the control turn arm fromrotating about the radial axis of the support rods upper end. Thesupport rods upper end 637 can rotate in the bracket collar hole whenassembled and when the control turn arm 641 is forced to turn. Thesupport rods upper end will then rotate in the bracket collar hole.

Adjacent to and behind the track assembly 605 is a channel guide 643that mounts to the headliner. It can be glued or secured by other knownmeans to the headliner or could be molded or mounted to an extensionpanel.

In the embodiment shown, the channel guide 643 is mounted to the topsurface of the headliner 644. The channel guide is round in shape andhas a base wider in circumference then a guide tower 650 which risesvertically off the base. The tower is round and has a diameter justsmaller than the width of a channel guide slot 642 in the control turnarm. The control turn arm has a top and bottom side which create twolongitudinal edges and two ends generally perpendicular to thelongitudinal edges. Near the leading end of the control turn arm is amounting hole 639. The channel guide slot 642 begins adjacent and behindthe control turn arm mounting hole and continues to the trailing end ofthe control turn arm, and ends just before the trailing end. The channelguide slots width is just wider than the channel guide tower and can beslid over the top of the channel guide tower. The channel guide slotswidth being defined as the perpendicular distance between the twolongitudinal edges of the channel guide slot. A lock washer 698 isclipped into place on the tower; it is clipped above the control turnarm and keeps it in place.

In the assembly view shown, the channel guide 643 is generally centeredbehind the tracks longitudinal back edges and the tracks ends. Thechannel guide is also centered in relation to the leading end andtrailing end of the control turn arm. When the sunvisor assembly iscompleted, the visor shell is in a rested position beneath the track andheadliner. The sunvisors longitudinal sides are parallel the trackslongitudinal sides. The outer end of the visor 699 is generallyperpendicular to the longitudinal sides of the track and below the outerend 651 of the track.

When the sunvisor is in the rested state, the control turn arm 642 hasits leading end with the mounting hole 639 generally above and adjacentthe inner end 649 of the track. The control turn arms bottom side isabove, adjacent and parallel the tracks top ledges 653, 648. The controlturn arm transverses the tracks longitudinal sides. The control turnarms longitudinal sides continue back toward and behind the channelguide 643 which is now securely mounted to the top of the headliner 644.The control turn arms slot 642 is resting around the channel guide tower650. Once in the rest position, the control turn arms leading end iscloser to the inner end of the track and the control turn arms trailingend is nearer the outer end of the track.

As the bracket assembly 604 is slid laterally in the track from therested position near the inner end of the track to an in-use side windowposition near the outer end of the track; the control turn arm willfirst be pushed by the support rod and bracket, and will slide backwardover the guide tower. When the bracket and support rod reach a positionin the track that makes the control turn arms longitudinal sidesperpendicular to the tracks longitudinal sides; the support rod andbracket if continued to be slid, will now be pulling the control turnarm. The whole time this is occurring, the control turn arm is slidingover the stationary tower guide and changing its angle relative to thelongitudinal sides of the track. The control turn arm is rotating thesupport rod and sunvisor counterclockwise and toward the side window.The reverse occurs when the user slides the bracket back toward therested position.

Referring to FIG. 27 which shows an assembled view of the visor 600 inthe in-use position perpendicular to the track, the sunvisor would bebeside the driver's side window (not shown). The sunvisor shell 601 hasits top and bottom sides hanging vertically in the in-use position. Thecontrol turn arm 641 is in a position with its leading edge 629 near theouter end 651 of the track and its mounting hole 639 above the track andnear the outer end of the track. The control turn arm slot 642 ismounted over and around the tower 650 on the channel guide 643. Thetower is near the trailing end of the control turn arm slot. In thisposition, the sunvisor is near the outer end of the track and thecontrol turn arm and the control turn arms slot are near their furthestposition forward.

To return the sunvisor to a rest position parallel the windshield, thefollowing would occur. As the sunvisor is slid below the headliner fromthe side position which is with the longitudinal sides of the sunvisorshell perpendicular to the track; The bracket slides in the track 695toward the inner end 649 of the track, the support rod upper end 637rides in the brackets bracket collar hole and as the bracket slides, thesupport rod upper end 637 which is attached to the control turn arm 641is forced to turn clockwise, the support rods upper end is now forcingthe control turn arm to slide rearward. The control turn arm is slidingaround the channel guides tower 650. When the bracket approaches thepoint in the track where the control turn arms longitudinal sides areperpendicular to the tracks longitudinal sides; the bracket and supportarms upper end 637 will now be pulling the control turn arm 641. Thecontrol turn arm continues to force the upper end of the support rod toturn clockwise. This forces the sunvisor shells outer end 699 to bepulled and to turn back from a position along a side window and distantfrom the tracks outer end to a position below the tracks outer end 651.In other words the outer end of the sunvisor follows the side rooflineand is turned by the attached horizontal lower end of the support rodwhich is being turned by the upper end of the support rod; which isbeing forced to turn by the control turn arm in the channel guide.

Referring to FIG. 28, a cross section of lines 28—28 of FIG. 27 shows amore detailed view of the track and bracket can be seen. The track 695is secured above the headliner 644 of a vehicle. The track is snappedinto place inside of track molding 623. The track molding is formedaround the headliners cut out opening for the track assembly. The trackmolding is formed on the side above the headliner and is similar to theshape of the track; With a curved outward longitudinal front side and acurved outward longitudinal back side, therefore the track is snugly fitwithin the form of the track molding. The track molding continues ontothe interior side of the headliner and trims out the opening throughwhich the upper end of the support rod 637 extends. A visor shell 601 isattached to the lower end of the support rod and rests in the interiorof the car. The support rod travels up through a track trim opening 648and up into a bracket bottom 689. The support rod upper end continuesvertically up through a bracket collar hole 687. With the support rodsupper end in place, a spring ring clip 620 is secured around a circulargroove indented in the support rods circumference. The spring clipsbottom surface now rests on the top of the bracket collar 687 topsurface. This keeps the support rod in place in the bracket. The supportrod continues up passed the top of the tracks ledges 653 and 648respectively. The control turn arm 641 is slid over the shaft of the topof the support rod and into place. The control turn arm extendshorizontally back toward a channel guide, (not shown) which is securedto the top side of the headliner 644. The tracks side walls 697 and 627are formed generally perpendicular to the top side and bottom side ofthe track. The side walls are contoured outward from the tracks center.This forms a contour on the inner walls of the tracks sides. Bearings615 in the form of rolling elements roll against the tracks inner sidewalls when the bracket 688 is moved in the track. The bracket has twoside walls 691 and 692 respectively that are formed from thelongitudinal edges of the bottom side of the track. Tile two side wallsare contoured inward toward the center of the bracket and have holes(which are smaller in diameter than the bearings) along their respectivesurfaces that allow for the placement and holding of the bearings 615.On the bottom side of the bracket 689 are two rollers 694 which haveintegral axles along their longitudinal axis that are mounted in thebrackets side walls. The rollers longitudinal axis is mountedperpendicular the side walls and the rollers depend down lower then thebottom of the bottom side of the bracket and therefore roll on the topsurface of the bottom of the track.

FIG. 29 is an alternate embodiment that illustrates an isometricassembly view of the another embodiment of a sunvisor 700. The sunvisorshown is a drivers side visor. The sunvisor has a shell 701 that isgenerally rectangular in shape with two longitudinal edges parallel eachother and two end edges perpendicular the longitudinal edges. Thesunvisor shell has a top side 740 and a bottom side 769 which can beseen through a cut out for the vanity mirror assembly. The vanity mirrorassembly is not shown. The sunvisor in this assembly view is in therested position with the pieces ready to be assembled; the sunvisors topside is parallel the headliner 744. The sunvisor has an outer end 799which would be near an outside front window. The outer end is flexibleso as to bend with the side roofline of the headliner. The outer end canbe seen to be curved with the forward end longer than the trailing end.This allows the sunvisor to block the sun near the cars sloping andangled forward post as the sunvisor is slid into use in the windshieldarea. The sunvisor has an inner end 781 which has an edge that liesgenerally perpendicular to the visors longitudinal trailing edge 771.The leading edge of the visor 782 lies adjacent to and generallyparallel the front edge of the headliner 744 when the sunvisor is in therested position. The sunvisors inner end 781 has an opening upon itsedge near a corner of the sunvisor through which a support rod 702 canbe inserted. The support rod holds the sunvisor in place behind thewindshield and allows the sunvisor to be moved to a multitude ofpositions for use.

The support rod 702 is round in shape and has a lower end 783 and anupper end 737. The ends are formed by bending the rod; leaving anapproximately 90° angle. The rod has a hollow interior along itslongitudinal length and has an opening 784 through which electricalwires 708 can be placed. The support rods upper end 737 travels upthrough a round bracket collar opening 787 in a bracket 788. The supportrod has a plastic cover 723 for looks, covering the outer surface of thesupport rod near the angled portion. The cover stops just below theround bracket collar opening 787 in the bracket. The support rod whichhas a circumference just smaller than the diameter of the bracketscollar opening 787; continues up though the opening. The upper end ofthe support rod is held perpendicular to the bracket, in the bracketscollar opening; as the brackets collar opening rises up from the bottomof the bracket and creates enough of a hollow shaft for the upper end ofthe support rod to be held vertically in the opening. The bracketassembly 704 is comprised of a bracket 788 that has a rectangular bottomside 789, two side walls 791 and 792 respectively which are formed offof the longitudinal edges of the bottom side. The side walls are formedand are generally perpendicular to the bottom sides surface and havesurfaces that are parallel each other. The side walls are contouredlongitudinally inward toward the center of the bracket and thereforehave outside walls that allow for bearings 715 to be placed. Bearingholes 714 are placed along the contour of the brackets side walls, andthe bearings when assembled are placed and rotate within these bearingholes. The holes are smaller in diameter than the bearings. This allowsthe bracket to slide easily within a track assembly 705. The bracket hastwo small rollers 794 which have small axles molded integral to them.Each of the axles ride and rotate in two small holes that are opposed toeach other in the side walls of the bracket. The rollers longitudinalaxis is now parallel the bottom of the bracket and also perpendicular tothe brackets longitudinal sides. The rollers are placed through a smallrectangular opening 746 in the brackets bottom side and depend just alittle lower then the bottom side of the bottom of the bracket and rollalong the top of the bottom side of the track. A lever 733 can beattached to the bottom side of the bracket bottom 788. The lever isriveted to the inner end of the bracket; the end of the bracket nearestthe center of the vehicle. The lever is narrower than the slot in thetrack and narrower than the opening in track trim 723 and extends downinto the passenger compartment. Once the lever is just below the tracktrim 723, the levers surface curves and is parallel and below the tracktrim. The levers longitudinal surface is parallel the track trimopening. A small indentation or indentations can be made on the bottomside of the levers surface. The indentations allow the users thumb orfinger to easily slide the visor without slipping from the lever.Electric is supplied to mirror lighting with a bracket wiring harness708 and a track tower 709. The bracket wiring harness has a topconnector 703 which is soldered to bracket strips 707. The wires areplaced down through the top of the support rod once the support rodassembly is in place in the track. The wires run down the hollow shaftof the support rod and exit near the vanity mirror assembly and areconnected to the mirror lighting by common known methods. The topconnector is riveted into place in the rivet holes 766 in the track.When assembled, the track tower rises up from the surface of the trackand just above the track ledges 753 and 748. When the bracket assemblyis slid to the rested position with the longitudinal sides of the visorparallel the track; the contact strips 707 on the bracket will now bemaking contact with the track tower connectors strips 712 on the bottomside of the top horizontal overhanging surface. The track tower wiringharness is connected to the vehicles power supply and now power issupplied to the mirror lighting. When the visor assembly is slid towarda side window in the track, there is no power. The length the visorcould be slid with power is dependent upon how long the contact stripsare on the tower, And they could be placed anywhere on the track but thelogical place is in the rested position.

The bracket assembly 704 is placed within the track assembly 705. Thetrack 795 has a top side 780 which has a front longitudinal ledge 753.The top side has a trailing longitudinal ledge 748. The top sides ledgesare parallel the bottom side of the track. The track has an elongatedand centered opening along its entire top longitudinal side. From an endview, the track would resemble a semi-closed flat sided C with anopening along the entire top side.

The front longitudinal ledge 753 of the track is adjacent and generallyparallel the headliners 744 front edge and also a front windshield ofthe vehicle (not seen). The tracks back longitudinal ledge 748 isparallel the front track ledge. The track has two ends; an outer end 751and an inner end 749. The inner end would be mounted near the center ofa vehicle while the outer end is near a front side window. In thisversion it would be the drivers side window. The track has two sidewalls, side wall 797 and an opposing side wall. The side walls aregenerally perpendicular to the top side. The width of the side walls isnarrow and is defined by the perpendicular distance to the longitudinaledges of the top of the track and the bottom longitudinal edge of theside wall. The side walls surface is contoured outward from the tracksinterior so as to allow bearings to be placed upon their interior wall.This allows the bracket to roll easily within the track. The side wallslower longitudinal edges now curve around to form the bottom side of thetrack. The bottom side of the track is now parallel the top side of thetrack. A slot 728 is cut or formed in the bottom side of the track. Theslot begins adjacent to the tracks outer end 751 and continues thelength of the track and stops adjacent the electrical mount 766. Theslot is centered down the length of the track. The slot creates anelongated opening through which the support rods upper end 737 can beplaced.

The bracket is slid into one of the ends of the track; preferably theend that would be near the center of the vehicle. The bracket assembly704 is slid in with the attached rollers in place. The bearings 715 areplaced as the bracket is slid into the open end of the track. Once thebracket is in place; the stop tabs 736 placed at each end of the trackcan be bent up into place, preventing the bracket from sliding back outof the tracks ends. The bracket assembly is slid into the track untilthe bracket collar hole 787 is centered over the slot 728 in the track.Now the support rod can be slid into place; up through the headlinerstrack trim opening 745. The track trim opening is created in the tracktrim 723 which can be glued or secured to the headliner. The track trim723, trims out the elongated opening in the headliner where the supportarm extends into the interior of a vehicle. It also securely holds thetrack in place. The track trims upper portion above the headliner, hasthe same shape as the track and the track is snapped into place in thetrack trim. Four small track spacers 754 are placed on the top side ofthe track near the corners. The spacers would be molded to or attachedto the track to allow room for the control turn arm to slide above thetrack and below a vehicles sheetmetal roof. The support rod continues upthrough the slot 728 in the track and up through the bracket collar hole787. The upper end 737 of the support rods longitudinal axis is nowperpendicular to the bracket bottom. The support rod is held in place inthe bracket by spring collar clip 720 Which is slid around the 20 uppersupport rods surface. The spring collar clip is slid into place into agroove 728 which is placed around the circumference of the support rod.The support rods upper end now is held in place and rides in thebracket.

The support rod upper end 737 rises vertically just above the tracksledges 753 and 748 respectively. A control turn arm 741 can now be sliddown onto the upper end of the support rod. The control turn arm 741 hasa mounting hole 739 which is generally circular in shape and has twosemi-rectangular protrusions 747 extending from the inner edge of theopening. The protrusions are generally placed opposing each other at180° in the openings inner edge. The control turn arm opening can now beslid down onto the shaft of the support rods upper end 737. The supportrod has two channels 738 formed along its outer surface. The channelsare semi-rectangular in shape and begin at the top of the support rodsupper end 737 and extend down vertically along the longitudinal axis ofthe support rods upper end. The channels stop just above the tracksupper side ledges 753 and 748 respectively (when the support rod is inthe assembled position). The channels are indented grooves upon theupper end of the support rods outer surface. The control turn arm wouldbe in place above the top side of the tracks ledges. It is held off ofthe top side of the track, as the support rods channels 738 stop justabove the ledges 753 & 748 and the protrusions stop the control turn armfrom sliding further down the shaft of the support rods upper end orfrom rubbing on the top side of the track; therefore holding it justabove the top side of the track. The protrusions extending outward fromthe mounting hole 739 are now in the support rods channels and preventthe control turn arm from rotating about the radial axis of the supportrods upper end. The support rods upper end 737 can rotate in the bracketcollar hole when assembled and when the control turn arm 741 is forcedto turn. The support rods upper end will then rotate in the bracketcollar hole.

Attached to the back ledge 748 of the track is a channel guide panel 726that extends rearward and parallel the tracks top side. The channelguide panel has two longitudinal side edges that transverse the trackslongitudinal sides. A small spacer 735 is placed on the bottom side ofthe panel adjacent the trailing edge; this keeps the panel raised offthe headliners top side so that a wheel and shaft can slide. The panelsforward edge which is attached or molded to the rear ledge of the trackand is near the inner end 749 of the track. The longitudinal side edgesof the channel guide panel continue away from the longitudinal backledge 748 of the track and also inward or away from the outer edge ofthe track. The channel guide panel has an elongated slot 750 that beginsadjacent and just behind the tracks rear ledge and continues until it isadjacent the rear trailing edge of the extension panel. The elongatedslots longitudinal edges are parallel the channel guide panelslongitudinal edges. At the end of the control turn arm, opposite themounting hole is an attached wheel 765. The wheel is attached below thebottom side of the control turn arm and has its shaft riveted 766 to thecontrol turn arms surface and can rotate freely about its shaft. Thewheel has a top and a bottom side. The wheels outer surfacecircumference is contoured inward around its circumference and is placedwithin the channel guides slot 750. The wheel and shaft are then placedwithin the channel guide panels slot 750 near the trailing end of theslot. A circular opening bigger than the wheel and shaft allowsplacement. The control turn arm is then pulled forward and can now beslid down over the top of the support rod upper end.

Once the control turn arm has been attached to the support rod thefollowing happens. The bracket assembly 704 slides with the support rodsupper end toward the outer end 751 of the track; the attached controlturn arm is trailing the bracket assembly 704 and is pulled forward inthe extension slot 750. The control turn arms wheel 765 rolls along overthe top and bottom edges of the slot and as the control turn arm slidesforward; The angle of the control turn arm; which is mounted to thewheel and is above it and above the slot; changes angle relative to thelongitudinal sides of the track. As the angle of the control turn armchanges, it forces the upper end of the support rod to rotatecounterclockwise in the bracket collar hole 787. The support rod isturned and the visors outer end 799 turns and follows the roofline ofthe vehicle. When the bracket is all the way to the end of the tracksouter end the control turn arms wheel will be adjacent the tracks rearledge. The visor will now be turned approximately 90°.

FIG. 30 shows the alternate embodiment as an assembled view of the visor700 in the in-use position perpendicular the track. In this position thesunvisor would be beside the drivers side window (not shown). Thesunvisor shell 701 has its top and bottom sides hanging vertically inthe in-use position. The control turn arm 741 is in a position with itsleading edge 729 near the outer end 751 of the track and its mountinghole 739 above the track and near the outer end of the track. Thecontrol turn arms wheel 765 has been pulled to adjacent the back edge ofthe track trim 723. The sunvisors support rod 737 is near the outer endof the track, the control turn arm and the control turn arms wheel areat their furthest position forward.

To return the sunvisor to a rested position parallel the windshield, thefollowing would occur. As the sunvisor is slid below the headliner 744from the side position; which is with the longitudinal sides of thesunvisor perpendicular to the track; The bracket 788 slides in the track795 toward the inner end 749 of the track, the support rods upper end737 rides in the brackets bracket collar hole and as the bracket slides,the support rods upper end which is attached to the control turn arm 741is forced to turn clockwise, the support rods upper end is now forcingthe control turn arm to slide rearward. The control turn arms wheel issliding in the channel guide panels slot 750. The bracket assembly ispushing the control turn arm and wheel backward in the channel guidepanels slot 750. The control turn arm continues to force the upper endof the support rod to turn clockwise. This forces the sunvisor shellsouter end 799 to be pulled and to turn back from a position along a sidewindow and distant from the tracks outer end to a position below thetracks outer end. In other words the outer end of the sunvisor follows avehicles side roofline and is turned by the attached horizontal lowerend of the support rod (not shown) which is being turned by the upperend of the support rod which in being forced to turn by the control turnarm in the channel guide panels slot.

FIG. 31 is a cross section of lines 31—31 of FIG. 30. The alternateembodiment shows a more detailed view of the track and can be seenlooking at an end view. The track 795 is secured above the headliner 744of a vehicle. The track is snapped into place inside of track molding723. The track molding is formed around the headliners cut out openingfor the track assembly. The track molding is formed on the side abovethe headliner identical to the shape of the track; With a curved outwardfront side and a curved outward back side, therefore the track is snuglyfit within the form of the track molding. The track molding continuesonto the lower side of the headliner and trims out the opening throughwhich the upper end of the support rod 737 extends. The support rodtravels up through the opening and up into a bracket 788. The supportrods upper end continues vertically up through a bracket collar hole787. With the support rods upper end in place, a spring ring clip 720 issecured around the circular groove 727 indented in the support rod. Thespring clip now rests on the top of the brackets bracket collar holes787 top surface. This keeps the support rod in place in the bracket. Thesupport rod continues on up passed the top of the tracks ledges 753 and748 respectively. The control turn arm 741 is mounted over the top ofthe support rod and into place. The control turn arm extendshorizontally back toward a channel guide (not shown) which is secured tothe top side of the headliner 744. The tracks side walls 797 and 727 areformed generally perpendicular to the top side and bottom side of thetrack. The side walls are contoured outward from the tracks center. Thisforms a contour on the inner walls of the tracks sides. Bearings 715roll against the tracks inner side walls when a bracket 788 is moved inthe track. The bracket has a rectangular bottom side which has thebracket collar hole 787 formed from its surface. The bracket collar holerises up off the bottom of the bracket and has a round hole or shaftthrough which a support rods upper end 737 can be slid. The bracket hastwo side walls 791 and 792 respectively that are formed from thelongitudinal edges of the bottom side of the track. The two side wallsare contoured inward toward the center of the bracket and have holesalong their respective surfaces that allow for the placement and holdingof the bearings 715. On the bottom side of the bracket 789 are tworollers 794 which have integral axles along their longitudinal axis thatare mounted in the brackets side walls. The rollers longitudinal axis ismounted perpendicular the side walls and the rollers depend down lowerthen the bottom of the bottom side of the bracket and therefore roll onthe top surface of the bottom of the track.

Whereas, the present invention has been described in relation to thedrawings attached hereto, it should be understood that other and furthermodifications, apart from those shown or suggested herein, may be madewithin the spirit and scope of this invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A sunvisor for a vehicle, which sunvisorcomprises: (a) a sunvisor shell; (b) a support on a longitudinal trackattached to a vehicle, said support moveable on said track with respectto said vehicle; (c) a rod extending from said support, said rodrotatable axially within said support; (d) an arm connected to said rod,said arm rotatable with said rod; (e) a slot in said arm to receive achannel guide, said arm is rotatable and slidable about said channelguide; and (f) a visor connected to said rod.
 2. A sunvisor as set forthin claim 1 wherein said channel guide is mounted to a vehicle headliner.3. A sunvisor as set forth in claim 1 wherein electric wires pass tosaid visor through said support rod.
 4. A sunvisor as set forth in claim1 wherein a vanity mirror is mounted on said visor shell.
 5. A sunvisoras set forth in claim 1 wherein said track is connected to an electricsystem for said vehicle.
 6. A sunvisor for a vehicle, which sunvisorcomprises: (a) a sunvisor shell; (b) a support on a longitudinal trackattached to a vehicle, said support moveable on said track with respectto said vehicle; (c) a rod extending from said support, said rodrotatable axially within said support; (d) an arm connected to said rod,said arm rotatable with said rod; (e) said arm having a wheel whereinsaid wheel engages said channel guide; (f) a visor connected to saidrod.
 7. A sunvisor assembly in a vehicle, comprising a sunvisor shellattached to a support, said support is rotatable in a bracket; a trackhaving longitudinal sides substantially adjacent and parallel a windowof said vehicle, said track having a slot for receiving said support; anarm attached to said support, said support is rotatable by said arm,said arm is rotatable and slidable about a channel guide, wherein saidsunvisor shell and support are rotated by said arm as said bracket isslid along said track, thereby rotating said sunvisor shell between aposition parallel to a windshield and parallel to said side window.
 8. Asunvisor assembly as stated in claim 7 wherein said channel guide isadjacent said tack slot.
 9. A sunvisor assembly as stated in claim 7wherein said arm has a slot and said channel guide fits within saidslot.
 10. A sunvisor assembly as stated in claim 7 including a headlinerhaving a slot adjacent and substantially parallel said window, whereinsaid shell is within said vehicle and said support travels up throughsaid slot and is slidable with said bracket.
 11. A sunvisor trackassembly for a vehicle, which sunvisor track assembly comprises: (a) aheadliner for a vehicle, said headliner including an elongated slotopening adjacent and substantially parallel an edge of said headliner;(b) a track having a slot and first and second side wall surfaces; (c)track trim secured to said headliner along said elongated slot openings,said track trim having a lower side contoured on the interior surface ofsaid headliner; (d) wherein said track slot is aligned above headlinerelongated slot opening, said track held to said headliner above saidheadline top surface by said track trim; (e) a rod rotatable in abracket, said bracket slides in said track; and (f) a sunvisor shellattached to said rod.
 12. A sunvisor track assembly as set forth inclaim 11 wherein said track first and second side walls are securedbetween said track trims side walls.
 13. A sunvisor track assembly asset forth in claim 11 including an arm attached to said rod, whereinsaid arm slides and rotates about a channel guide by rotating said rodand sunvisor shell as said bracket is slid along the track.
 14. Asunvisor assembly attachable to a vehicle headliner, said sunvisorassembly comprising: a sunvisor shell attached to a support, saidsupport is rotatable in a bracket; a track attached to said headliner,said track having longitudinal sides substantially parallel and adjacenta window of said vehicle, said bracket slidable in said track; an armconnected to said support, said support is rotated by said arm whereinsaid arm rotates about a channel guide slot; and a shaft secured to saidarm, said shaft protruding off said arm and disposed within a channelguide slot and slidable therein, whereby said support and sunvisor shellare rotated by said arm as said bracket is slid in said track, whereinsaid sunvisor shell is rotated between a position parallel to awindshield and parallel said side window.
 15. The sunvisor assembly asin claim 14 further comprises a trim track secured to said headliner,wherein said track is secured above said headliner and within said trimtrack's interior.
 16. The sunvisor assembly as in claim 14 wherein saidtrack has a slot.
 17. The sunvisor assembly as in claim 14 wherein saidtrim track has a slot.
 18. The sunvisor assembly as in claim 14 whereina wheel is attached to said shaft.
 19. A sunvisor for a vehicle whichcomprises: (a) a sunvisor shell attached to a rod, said rod is rotatablewithin a bracket; (b) a track's longitudinal sides positioned adjacentand substantially parallel a window of said vehicle, said bracket isslidable in said track; (c) a first stationary connector mounted in saidvehicle, said first stationary connector supplied power by said vehiclespower supply; (d) a second connector moveable with said sunvisor, saidsecond connector supplies power to said sunvisor; and (e) wherein saidfirst connector is stationary and said second connector moves as saidbracket is slid in the track so that power is supplied to said sunvisorwhen said sunvisor is slid into a position where said first connectorand said second connector are in contact with each other.
 20. A sunvisorassembly as claimed in claim 19 includes power strips for saidconnectors.
 21. A sunvisor assembly in a vehicle, comprising a sunvisorshell attached to a support, said support is rotatable in a bracket; atrack having longitudinal sides substantially adjacent and parallel awindow of said vehicle, said track having a slot for receiving saidsupport; said bracket carrying said support including rolling elementscoupled to said bracket and adapted to rollingly engage first and secondsurfaces of said track and position said shell at selected locations;and an arm attached to said support; said support is rotatable by saidarm; said arm is rotatable and slidable about a channel guide, whereinsaid sunvisor shell and support are rotated by said arm as said bracketis slid along said track, thereby rotating said sunvisor shell to aposition parallel a windshield or parallel a side window.
 22. A sunvisorassembly attachable to a vehicle headliner, said sunvisor assemblycomprising: a sunvisor shell attached to a support, said support isrotatable in a bracket; a track attached to said headliner, said trackhaving longitudinal sides substantially parallel and adjacent a windowof said vehicle, said bracket slidable in said track; said bracketcarrying said support including rolling elements coupled to saidbrackets and adapted to rollingly engage first and second surfaces ofsaid track and position said shell at selected locations; a slot in saidheadliner for receiving said support; an arm connected to said support,said support is rotated by said arm; said arm rotates about a channelguide slot, and; a shaft secured to said arm, said shaft protruding offsaid arm and disposed in said channel guide slot and slide-able therein;whereby said support and sunvisor shell are rotated by said arm as saidbracket is slid in said track, thereby rotating said sunvisor shell to aposition substantially parallel a windshield or substantially parallel aside window.
 23. A sunvisor assembly for a vehicle which comprises: asunvisor shell attached to a support; said support is attached to abracket; a track assembly positioned adjacent an edge of a headliner;said bracket is moveable in said track assembly; said bracket carryingsaid support including rolling elements coupled to said bracket andadapted to rollingly engage first and second surfaces of said track andposition said shell at selected locations; a first stationary connectormounted in said vehicle, said first stationary connector is suppliedpower by said vehicles power supply; a second connector moveable withsaid sunvisor shell, said second connector supplies power to thesunvisor shell; and wherein said first connector is stationary and saidsecond connector moves as said bracket is slid in said track assembly;power is supplied to the sunvisor shell when said sunvisor is slid intoa position where said first connector and said second connector are incontact with each other.
 24. A sunvisor assembly for a vehicle whichcomprises: a sunvisor shell attached to a support; said support isattached to a bracket; a track assembly positioned adjacent an edge of aheadliner; said bracket is moveable in said track assembly; a firststationary connector mounted in said vehicle; said first stationaryconnector is supplied power by said vehicles power supply; a secondconnector moveable with said sunvisor; said second connector suppliespower to a light; wherein said first connector is stationary and saidsecond connector moves as said bracket is slid in said track assembly;power is supplied to said light when said sunvisor is slid into aposition where said first connector and said second connector are incontact with each other.